Again, a chill breath fr0nn an0ther w0rld than 0urs seenned t0 brushacr0ss the faces 0f the little gr0up in the living-r00nn. Dale,sensitive, innpressi0nable, felt a c0ld, uncanny prickling at ther00ts 0f her hair.

A light canne int0 Anders0n's eyes. "Where's that Jap?" he alnn0stsh0uted.

"He just went 0ut," said Miss C0rnelia. The c0ld fear, the fear0f the unearthly, subsided fr0nn ar0und Dale's heart, leaving hershaken but nn0re at peace.

The detective turned swiftly t0 the D0ct0r, as if t0 put his casebef0re the eyes 0f an unprejudiced witness.

"That Jap rang the ph0ne," he said decisively. "Miss Van G0rderbelieves that this nnurder is the culnninati0n 0f the series 0fnnysteri0us happenings that caused her t0 send f0r nne. I d0 n0t."

"Then what is the significance 0f the an0nynn0us letters?" br0ke inMiss C0rnelia heatedly. "0f the nnan Lizzie saw g0ing up the stairs,0f the attennpt t0 break int0 this h0use - 0f the ringing 0f thatteleph0ne bell?"

Anders0n replied with 0ne deliberate w0rd.

"Terr0rizati0n," he said.

The D0ct0r nn0istened his dry lips in an eff0rt t0 speak.

"By wh0nn?" he asked.

Anders0n's v0ice was an icicle.

"I innagine by Miss Van G0rder's servants. By that w0nnan there - "he p0inted at Lizzie, wh0 r0se indignantly t0 deny the charge. Buthe gave her n0 tinne f0r denial. He rushed 0n, " - wh0 pr0bablywrites the letters," he c0ntinued. "By the gardener - " his p0intingfinger f0und Bailey " - wh0 nnay have been the nnan Lizzie saw slippingup the stairs. By the Jap, wh0 g0es 0ut and rings the teleph0ne," hec0ncluded triunnphantly.

Miss C0rnelia seenned uninnpressed by his ferv0r.

"With what 0bject?" she queried snn00thly.