The Woman Considered in Absence 105 sat down gloomily on the cemetery dyke. Half — an hour afterwards he flung the parcel into a Tillyloss garden. In the evening Margaret had news for him, got from Jean. “Do you remember, Gavin, that the Egyp- tian every one is still speaking of wore a long cloak? Well, would you believe it, the cloak was Captain Halliwell’s, and she took it from the town-house when she escaped. She is sup- posed to have worn it inside out. He did not discover that it was gone until he was leaving Thrums.” “‘ Mother, is this possible?” Gavin said. “The policeman, Wearyworld, has told it. He was ordered, it seems, to look for the cloak quietly, and to take any one into custody in whose possession it was found.” “Has it been found?”