"That may be because he does not know her so well. Janet was in the employment of Schwartz as a programme-seller and attendant, but Mrs. Moxton, being a typewriting girl, only occasionally visited the hall. In any case I admit that the Gordon girls appear to be shady." "Yet you think of marrying one." "I shall not do so if I find out anything wrong," said Ellis. "It is true that I am in love with Mrs. Moxton, but should her past be a bad one, I am sufficiently reasonable to crush down my feelings. Still, I believe that she is more sinned against than sinning; and it will be my task to solve the mystery of this murder--to prove that my belief is a true one." "I am with you there, Bob, and I shall help you with all my heart. But I tell you plainly that Schwartz has no very good opinion of Mrs. Moxton. He declares that she is frivolous, vain and foolish." "She is none of the three, Harry, believe me. And Janet?" "Janet is staunch, honest, clever and honourable. Schwartz respects her highly, and he is not the man to bestow praise unduly." "I should like to see this girl," said Ellis, thoughtfully, "particularly as she may throw some light on the murder. From the description of old Ike, I believe the woman he drove to Pimlico was Janet Gordon. She must know something or she would not have been crying on that night, nor would she have given up her situation at the Merryman Music-Hall so suddenly." "Perhaps you consider her guilty?" "No. On the authority of those signs on the arm of the dead man, I believe Zirknitz killed him." Ellis rose and stretched himself. "We have a terrible tangle to unravel, Harry," he said after a pause. "I don't see why we need trouble ourselves to do it, Bob." "I do. Mrs. Moxton must be proved guiltless." Cass shook his head. "Even if she is innocent of the murder her past is shady," he said. "She is not the wife for you, Bob." "When the crooked is made straight we shall see about that, Harry."