uito was the sole surviving member, and on the face of it was
innocent. As yet Jennings did not know whether Mrs. Herne was her
mother, in spite of the resemblance which Susan claimed to have seen.
Also, Caranby said that Maraquito resembled her father, and the
features of the Saul family were so strongly marked that it was
impossible the elder Saul could have married a woman resembling him.
"Though, to be sure, he might have married a relative," said Jennings,
and went to bed more perplexed than ever.

Next day, before calling at the "Shrine of the Muses," he went to
Scotland Yard, and there made inquiries about the rumor of false coins
being in circulation. These appeared to be numerous and were admirably
made. Also from France and Russia and Italy came reports that false
money was being scattered about. The chief of the detective staff
possessed these coins of all sorts, and Jennings was forced to own that
they were admirable imitations. He went away, wondering if this crime
could be connected in any way with the circulation of false money.
"Maraquito is a member of the Saul family, who appear to have been
expert coiners," said Jennings, on his way to Kensington, "and,
according to Le Beau, she gave him a false sovereign. I wonder if she
keeps up the business, and if Clancy and Hale, together with Mrs.
Herne, this supposititious mother, have to do with the matter. That
unfinished house would make an admirable factory, and the presence of
the ghosts would be accounted for if a gang of coiners was discovered
there. But there is a fifteen-feet wall round the house, and the park
is a regular jungle. Cuthbert examined the place by day and night and
could see nothing suspicious. I wonder if Miss Loach, living near the
place, learned that a gang was there. If so, it is quite conceivable
that she might have been murdered by one of them. But how the deuce
did anyone enter the house? The door certainly opened at half-past ten
o'clock, either to let someone in or someone out. But the bell did not
sound for half an hour later. Can there be any outlet to that house,
and is it connected with the unfinished mansion of Lord Caranby, used
as a factory?"

This was all theory, but Jennings could deduce no other explanation
from the evidence he had collected. He determined to search the
unfinished house, since Caranby had given him permission, and also to
make an inspection of Rose Cottage, though how he was to enter on