And if you know as much about the affair as I suppose—or I should not be here—you know that the means by which it was taken from him shows that his right to it was more valid than anyone else’s—certainly more valid than Thursby’s.” “What about his daughter?” Spade asked. Excitement opened Cairo’s eyes and mouth, turned his face red, made his voice shrill. “He is not the owner!” Spade said, “Oh,” mildly and ambiguously.
