Garrick had just finished testing an arrangement in a large case,
almost the size of a suitcase, and had stood it in a corner, ready
to be picked up and carried off the instant there was any need for
it. There was still no word of Miss Winslow and Mrs. de Lancey and
it began to look as if we should not hear from them until Violet
Winslow turned up on her visit to her former maid.
Together we plunged into the preparation of the story, the writing
of which fell to me while Garrick now and then threw in a
suggestion or a word of criticism to make it sound stronger for
his purpose. Thus the rest of the afternoon passed in getting the
thing down "pat."
I flatter myself that it was not such a bad piece of work when we
got through with it. By dint of using such expressions as "It is
said," "It is rumoured," "The report about the Criminal Courts
Building is," "An informant high in the police department," and
crediting much to a mythical "gambler who is operating quietly
uptown," we managed to tell some amazing facts.
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