Chapter 29

“Now, don’t fly into hysterics yourself. Wait a minute. I haven’t accused her at all. But look at it. Miss Van Norman was certainly killed by Carleton, _or_ by some one already in the house. It has been proved that nobody outside could get in. Now if the criminal _is_ some one in the house, we must consider each one in turn. And if by chance we consider Miss Dupuy first, we must admit a motive.” “What motive?” “Why, that of a jealous woman. Miss Van Norman was just about to marry the man Miss Dupuy is in love with.…