" interposed Giles hastily, "you think so, but I don't agree
with you. Now listen to what I have to tell you, and I am sure you will
think that it was the man who killed Daisy."

"But he had no motive."

"Yes, he had. I'll tell it to you concisely."

Morley looked surprised at Giles' insistence, but nodded without a word
and waited for an explanation. Giles related all that he had learned
about Wilson, and how Steel had connected him with the supposed clerk
who had served the summons on Morley. Then he proceeded to detail
Steel's belief that the so-called Wilson was a burglar, and mentioned
the fact of the yacht with the strange name. Morley listened in silence,
but interrupted the recital with a laugh, when the scarlet cross was
mentioned in connection with the robbery at Lady Summersdale's house.

"Steel has found a mare's nest this time," he said coolly. "He knew
better than to come to me with such a cock and bull story, although he
has imposed very successfully on you and on that Hungarian Princess you
talk of. I had the Summersdale case in hand."

"I know. Steel said that you carried it through successfully."

Morley demurred. "I don't know if you can say that I was successful,
Ware. It was not one of my lucky cases. I certainly got back the jewels.
I found them in their London hiding-place, but I did not catch one of
the thieves. They all bolted."

"In _The Red Cross_ yacht."

"Oh, that's all rubbish," said Morley frankly; "there were a great many
yachts at Bexleigh on that occasion. I don't remember one called _The
Red Cross_. And even if one of that name was there, it does not say that
it is the same that was off Gravesend the other day."

"Six months ago," corrected Giles gravely; "but how do you account for
the fact that wherever that yacht has been burglaries have taken place?"

"I can't account for it, and Steel has yet to prove that there is any
connection between the yacht and the robberies. He thinks it a kind of
pirate ship evidently. Not a bad idea, though," added Morley musingly;
"the goods could be removed easily without suspicion on board a
good-looking yacht."

"And that is what has been done."

"It wasn't in the matter of Lady Summersdale's jewels," retorted the
ex-detective. "I found those in London, and have reason to believe that
they were taken there by train. Besides, there was no connection between
the yacht and that robbery."

"Steel said that a scarlet cross was found in the