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"There, ma'am! " said Trottle, folding up the manuscript from which he had been reading, and setting it down with a smart tap of triumph on the table. "May I venture to ask what you think of that plain statement, as a guess on my part (and not on Mr. Jarber's) at the riddle of the empty House?"
For a minute or two I was unable to say a word. When I recovered a little, my first question referred to the poor forlorn little boy.