Chippinge Borough. Weyman Stanley John

that."

      "No," he answered shortly. "Nor is that my affair. What I fail to see, Madam, is why Miss Smith did not at once suspect that the present came from the lady in question."

      "Because," Miss Sibson replied, "the lady was not known to be in this part of England; and because you, sir, maintained that Miss Smith had left the parcel in the coach."

      "I maintained what I was told."

      "But it was not the fact. However, let that pass."