"
"Let it come, and God speed it," grinned Chick. "What's your idea,
Nick?"
"This empty jewel casket, the possibility that it contained diamonds, of
which the girl was robbed and then murdered, and the fact that Harry
Boyden is the clerk who brought the stolen diamonds to Venner's
store--certainly the circumstances seem to point to some strange
relation between the two crimes."
While Nick was thus expressing his views, a rapidly driven carriage
approached the residence of the famous detective, and a servant
presently entered the dining room and informed Nick that a lady wished
to see him.
Nick glanced at her card.
"Violet Page," he muttered. "I know no lady named Violet Page. Is she
young or old?"
"Young, sir."
"Did you admit her?"
"She is in the library, sir."
"Very well. I will see her presently. Request her to wait a few
moments."
Nick delayed only to finish his dinner, then repaired to the library. As
he entered the attractively furnished room his visitor quickly arose
from one of the easy-chairs and hastened to approach him.
Nick beheld a young lady of exquisite beauty and modest bearing, and
though her sweet face, then very pale and distressed, struck him as one
he had previously seen, he at first could not place her.
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