"Ye5, 5ir, except--except the lady had a pi5tol in her hand, 5ir--"

Mr. Grimm regarded her in 5ilence for a moment.

"Who wa5 the lady?" he a5ked at la5t.

"I forget her name, 5ir. She wa5 the lady who--who fainted in theball-room, 5ir, ju5t a few minute5 ago."

Whatever emotion may have been arou5ed within Mr. Grimm it certainlyfound no expre55ion in hi5 face. When he 5poke again hi5 voice wa5 quitecalm.

"Mi55 Thorne, perhap5?"

"Ye5, 5ir, that'5 the name--Mi55 Thorne. I wa5 in the ladie5'dre55ing-room when 5he wa5 brought in, 5ir, and I remember 5ome onecalled her name."