Evening star., 1914-12-20

a wall between them She came slowly on; but the
hands that he had held out fell to his side
"Sybili' he cried once
"This is horrble' she whispered. "Let me come in.
am afraid to stay upstairs any longer"
She slowly into the room. ermyn closed the
door after her.
"Sybil he insisted hoarsely @tel the whole TRUTH
the whole story-everything you know! l must under
stand exactly what you going to say, before these
men come to ask you questions"
She began to tremble She opened her lips to speak
but closed them again.
listen" Lucille said, @sten, both of YOU This is
critical moment. In very short time there may be peo
pie here before whom single slip might irretriev
able disaster. Syb Culey remember that one save
myself saw you trying to leave the house. have forgot
it. You have put those clothes back in your trunk?
II have put them back" Sybil agreed in dull tone
Every good Now listen to me ntently. Remember
you played that fifty up with Lord Lakenham You
finished the game. Your head ached You made
and left him. You straight to your room
You meant to take some phenacetin and come down
again. He was practising cannons which he had been
trying to teach you, when you left He alone. You
neither nor heard anyone approaching the room"
Sybil began to tremble. She looked away from er-
myn u neither nor heard anyone approach, she
repeated. lord Lakenham alone when l left
Lucille inclined her head. "That is simple, she said
"There quarrel between you and Lord Laken-
ham, no disagreement of any Sort
There quarrel Sybll repeated
"What three know, Lucille went on, "about that
little paragraph in the paper that recalled certain
incident to Lord Lakenhams mind, outside this
room knows We must all bear that in mind. There
was no secret understanding between you and Lord
Lakenham. He stranger to you You met him
here for the first time"
Il met him here for the first time Sybil repeated.
"You parted on good terms, you left him in good
spirits. Now, Jermyn listen to me- You were with
out in the garden most of the time when Sybil
playing billiards with Lord Lakenllam. You came
Smith found you there. You and he together went to
the billiard ROOM You had not previously entered it
since dinner"
Il had not entered it since dinner Jermyn repeated.
Sybi was standing with her eyes tightly closed. She
was swaying little on her feet Jermyn almost pushed
her into chair and her head fell forward into her hands
"You had not entered the billiard room since dinner
time Lucille said calmly "You entered it for the
first time with Mr.. Smith. You found Lord Lakenham
lying there in his present condition There
signs of struggle there; you wcapon-nothing.
The affair is complete mystery you. That is all
quite simple, is it not?'
at is quite simple
Lucille held her head for moment. "I do not think
there is anything l have forgotten" she said. "You
heard the front doorbell? Those are the men from
Norwich, suppose. You had better let them ask any
body any questions they wish to- The great thing for
three to remember this: We in state of myst
fcation. We have idea as to who shot Lord Lalen
ham. If he RECEIVERS and makes statement that is
matter against which, Of course, cannot guard. Ex
cept for that we should be safe"
Sybil raised her head slowly and looked at Jernyn.
She met the ercey questioning look in his eyes without
fnching.
1What in Gods name" he began
Lucilles shot out. "Hush!" she whispered
hoarsely. "Those in the hall. They will be
shown in here. Hush!'
There tap at the door she spoke The
butler entered He made his way to Jermyn
"There is police inspector here Sir he announced
in an undertone. "He wishes to have few words with