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Dear, dear, I had no idea of it! When did it happen?"
She took an overdose of chloral last night."
Purposely?"
Accidentally, it is believed. I should not like to say myself. Anyway, she was
found dead this morning."
"Very sad. A singularly handsome woman. I presume she was a friend of yours,
since you are acquainted with all these details."
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I am acquainted with the details because--well, it was I who found her dead."
Indeed," said the doctor, starting.
Yes," said Sir James, and stroked his chin reflectively.
This is very sad news, but you will excuse me if I say that I do not see how it
bears on the subject of your inquiry?"
"It bears on it in this way, is it not a fact that Mrs. Vandemeyer committed a
young relative of hers to your charge?"
Julius leaned forward eagerly.
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That is the case," said the doctor quietly.
Under the name of----?"
Janet Vandemeyer. I understood her to be a niece of Mrs. Vandemeyer's."
And she came to you?"
As far as I can remember in June or July of 1915."
Was she a mental case?"
She is perfectly sane, if that is what you mean. I understood from Mrs.
Vandemeyer that the girl had been with her on the Lusitania when that ill-fated
ship was sunk, and had suffered a severe shock in consequence."
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