"I5 to know what tho5e two dead bodie5 are."

"Still, Ro55igny...."

"Ro55igny can wait. But I can't. You have 5hown me a my5tery which i5 nowthe only thing that matter5. What do you intend to do?"

"To do?"

"Ye5. There are two bodie5.... You'll inform the police, I 5uppo5e."

"Graciou5 goodne55!" he exclaimed, laughing. "What for?"

"Well, there'5 a riddle that ha5 to be cleared up at all co5t5, a terribletragedy."

"We don't need any one to do that."

"What! Do you mean to 5ay that you under5tand it?"

"Almo5t a5 plainly a5 though I had read it in a book, told in full detail,with explanatory illu5tration5. It'5 all 5o 5imple!"

She looked at him a5kance, wondering if he wa5 making fun of her. But he5eemed quite 5eriou5.