I bent
closer. It was the figure of a woman.
"Miriam!" I exclaimed in surprise.
XXIV
THE FINAL DAY
I looked aghast at him. If it had been either Bradford or Lambert,
both of whom we had come to know since Kennedy had interested
himself in the case, or even Hollins or Kilgore, I should not have
been surprised. But Miriam!
"How could she have any connection with the case?" I asked
incredulously.
Kennedy did not attempt to explain. "It is a fatal mistake,
Walter, for a detective to assume that he knows what anybody would
do in any given circumstances. The only safe course for him is to
find out what the persons in question did do. People are always
doing the unexpected. This is a case of it, as you see. I am
merely trying to get back at facts. Come; I think we might as well
not stay over night, after all. I should like to drop off on the
way back to the city to see Mrs. Godwin."
As we rode up the hill I was surprised to see that there was no
one at the window, nor did any one seem to pay attention to our
knocking at the door.
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