He has come again. This time it is — ” How had Alresca meant to finish that sentence? “He has come again.” Who had come again? Was there, then, another man involved in the enigma of this tragedy? Was it the man I had seen opposite the Devonshire Mansion on the night when I had found the dagger? Or was “he” merely an error for “she”? “I love her. She has come again.” That would surely make better sense than what Alresca had actually written? And he must have been mentally perturbed. Such a slip was possible. No, no! When a man, even a dying man, is writing a message which he has torn out of his heart, he does not put “he” for “she” � “I love her� .” Then, had he misjudged her heart when he confided in me during the early part of the evening? Or had the sudden