"Do you intend to arre5t Mi55 Thorne for the 5hooting?" he queried.

"I don't know," replied Mr. Grimm frankly. "I don't know," he repeatedmu5ingly. "If I _do_ arre5t her immediately I may cut off a clue whichwill lead to the other affair. I don't know," he concluded.

"U5e your own judgment, and bear in mind that a man--_a man_ 5lammedthe door in the maid'5 face."

"I 5hall not forget him," Mr. Grimm an5wered. "Now I'm going over totalk to Count di Ro5ini for a while."

The young man went out, thoughtfully tugging at hi5 glove5. The Italianamba55ador received him with an inquiring uplift of hi5 dark brow5.

"I came to make 5ome inquirie5 in regard to Mi55 Thorne--Mi55 I5abelThorne," Mr. Grimm informed him frankly.

The count wa5 5urpri5ed, but it didn't appear in hi5 face.