Chapter 17 THE IRISH HOUSEKEEPER

I was a good deal surprised that Mr. Lindsey should be-apparently-so anxious to interview Crone's housekeeper, and I said as much. He turned on me sharply, with a knowing look.

"Didn't you hear what the woman was saying when we came across her there outside the police-station?" he exclaimed. "She was saying that Crone had said to her that there