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Show - 170 - cluster of flowers and gently pushed them aside. What he revealed was such a shock ) to. them, Penny in particular, that they could only stand and stare. Finally, the younger sister bent over and looked more closely at a smfll wooden, crudely shaped grave marker. Carved roughly on it was one word 'DIRK'and the year 1922. Like a blinding flash it struck Penny. How many times had she observed Chang Iin . tending, what she thought was,a flower garden. Needless to say, she had noticed the great care he took in naturing the little plot, but never once did she dream why he bestowed such loving care on it. "Yes, the world speculated about what had happened to my beloved son that night when the Frenchman appeared. I lied to everyone about the events that had occurred. As he spoke his face appeared to become more wizened and his shoulders haunched over until he was almost bent in two in his agony of confession. His white braid fell forward and hung limply on his chest. Penny's heart went out to the old man and she made a motion to help him, but he put his hand out to stay her. "No, my friend, let me continue while I am able to." he said. I deliberatley deceived the Gavens, the police, everyone. I told them that Dirk had left. Even the servant lady did not know that he had died in my arms just a few minutes after the young maiden was murdered. When he held her in his arms, she did not know that he spoke to her with his last, dying breath. That the Frenchman had pierced his heart also with the second bullet. I dragged his body to the basement chamber where there is a hidden niche that no one but I know about. Then I quickly covered any traces on the ground where I had moved him, with a branch that I stripped off one of the trees. It was only afterwards that I realized how thoroughly I had cleared, all traces of footsetps, including Andre's. "But," blurted out Vicky. "What happened to the automobile that |