Today we're talking to Ruby volume 6 chapter 12 and the season finale We have the writer director and showrunner of Ruby carry surecross with us And we're gonna show you the genlock intro because we can and it's awesome And we'll be answering community questions that you have submitted using hashtag Ruby Roo. This is Ruby Rewind Hey everybody Welcome out it is Welcome out to the season finale of Ruby Rewind. We're doing our best to make Jackie cry I'm like legit really sad right now. I am oh my god. It's imminent It's imminent I know I Guarantee you before this episode is done. Jackie will be crying probably gonna be crazy. Do you like my business casual approach? I do like it's so comfy look. I just went from From this down. Yeah, I saw you we were crossing paths in the parking lot early. Yes. I'm business casual Yeah, this is just what I'm doing for this. Oh, cool. If you're new to Ruby Rewind. Well, I've had news of the season But what we do here is talk about the latest episode of Ruby and we were off last week So we got two episodes to talk about it went down in chapter 12 and then 13, which is the season finale So lots to cover. Yeah, let's go ahead and get right into it But before we do actually I want you guys to pull up a separate tab and go to Roosterteeth.com slash play We'll have a megaphone poll here in just a little bit where we can ask you questions And if you guys are first members watching live you can answer live and it's like you can be a part of the show Right away. It's great. It is. Well a question later. So pull that up All right begin verbally chapter 12 I'm wearing like what should we be? Let's see that I mean the two huge things that happen. Well, we had the mech battle. Yeah Ruby diving down the barrel of the gun. That was pretty cool. It was you know We talked about it too. We saw it in the teaser before but like the way that Ruby got up that cliff was just unacceptable It made it look like it was so dire and then she's like not just kidding I'm like, that's true. I mean even with her assemblage. Couldn't she just like zoom right up? She's fine She's fine So fine that she doesn't even matter. She just jumped down the barrel of a gun. Yeah, she's got she got real bold Oh, yeah, these episodes. I loved it. Yeah, it was so cool I'm like the realization to and it's just like oh But the canisters are always on the inside, you know the dust is on the inside boom And then I love the explosion like all the different dust like That didn't go good. Oopsie Was it 12 12 was where Oscar landed the plane too, right crash the plane land of the plane. I think Yeah, it's like it's starting to Yeah, because I know they talked about it in 13. So I think right, but well code Evan really got Yeah, got it handed to her good So mean Like her no reason.     I don't know if you've seen her do that But it's very relatable Ruby moments for a lot of the time I wish we had like some terrible graphic that we just throw at the top You could disappear and it'd be wonderful Now next season broadcast if we can make that happen, that'd be great But now let's talk about the Adam fight. Oh, yeah, and And the death and the controversy around Adam's death. Yeah, so really cool. I'll fight sequence I love every time you get like the Ruby girls tag team fighting It's just super interesting and cool And I always love you love yanks fights just because of the shotgun violence I don't know if you caught the moment where Yang like catches the sword Right, but that's like an amazing Beauty and the Beast reference. Really? That's like how a beast like grabs guest on sword And they definitely meant to do that that was what I heard A lot of people called that out. He was like really that's awesome. Like yes. Yes, we meant to do that subconsciously It was there. Yeah, exactly research. Yeah, yeah, she could never she's gonna caught it if she didn't have a metal hand That little bit that moment of like faltering when he was like are you as fast as you were a beacon and she's like Oh, I know. Oh, no, I know, but then she goes Super Saiyan and it was like exactly what we need It's great. Was that the first time in this volume? We saw her semblance, right? Yeah, yeah, she's always kept it in check ever since the very beginning I liked the little bit where like you could see Blake really far from the background scrambling up Basically like It was awesome. Yeah, really cool fight and then I just I was not expecting the double stab It was so good. It was just straight up. It was right there full on murderous. Yeah, that was the other thing I took a moment like right now.    He's got to be dead He got stabbed twice and then he hit a big old rock on the way down See and that's what makes me think that he is dead because I feel like they wanted to do that And we can get maybe we'll get confirmation.  Yeah, like I mess with someone I should think I think he's gone though You know, I wanted as on the last episode. I was pretty clear about how much I wanted him to die And in what circumstances right and I think I was we got like 85 of the way that if he's just been lying there and then like They can yank it. I just spiked the lens and been like he is dead You were going through decapitation, right? Yeah, or all like a heavy weight falling on top Yeah, like bumblebee. Yeah, see that's what I wanted Yeah, I talked about that and I still can't believe the motorcycle hit him because uh, we are future predicting wizards, which we've discovered Oh, yes, that's right. We did discover that That was amazing. Okay, so So we literally just threw it out there like hey, they still have the they still have the relic and like Sure that they sure are putting some negativity out there. What I just wanted What if there was just like, I don't know like a sea monster grim and then I was like Yeah, and it'll oh I was like I want it to be Godzilla because it comes out and then we can have a kaiju robot fight We do not Get to read this like we do not know what is going to happen We had so many people be like, okay, you guys just read the scripts, right? Yeah, no, we're we're cut off from ruby Like it's really annoying because then like, you know, I'll see like casting audition Then things go out for like ruby and I'll be like nope can't do that Miles does not tell me what's going to happen as much as I asked him to Yeah, I do not know We're just wizards. I guess we watch the episodes right before we go live on monday Um, so sometimes that can make it a little dicey over the weekend And social media and so this last episode I watched ahead of time because we were off for a week And I and then I just my twitter started pumping. Well, I see first ellie saying Uh, well because my twitter started going crazy and I was like, okay, what is this and I saw that moment I was like wait what?  That's what I thought Right because in my mind surely it was not the god Coming out of the water and having a kaiju fight So at the end that happened and I just jaw hit the floor I was like no way did we call that we have people send send us like concept art too before it even happened It was amazing. We have carry on later for writing on volume seven carried miles Clearly we're out, you know all it's kind of similar similar brain similar mindsets. Yeah It'll be fun when Kerry's on later. We can talk to him a little bit about that So that's the big drama for the season finale We have this massive leviathan grim that's gonna go and attack the city And wouldn't you know it Old lady done messed up and decided to fight children with a giant robot. Yeah, and now it's got it's a really heavy arm And it can't move they didn't she didn't know that these children have the power of friendship As well as everything right exactly huge mistake For antagonists in anime never works well.  I heard ironman because he said it so quickly More than anything I want ironman to show up. Well, we've got nexon kaiju. Maybe that would be a bonus prediction for volume seven So he has The sort of semi-defeat of the make robot right Um, and then these guys are like one second old lady because big old dragon come in We've got to go get that but before that Um Maria is like we could just peace What if we just left and when I did our job? Because as they were flying around you were like, are they just leaving like yeah, I was like are they straight up Out right now. Good luck with grim zillow because we're gonna have to bounce Sorry about you I'm glad that a character voiced it because I had that moment. I was just like, I mean They should go help Like Conflict in man Yeah, and even when they tried even when they tried. Yeah.   So uh, not doing we're not doing it So fine. Yeah, but We finally had like the beautiful like all all kind of tied up about ruby's eyes We learn all about it in through in the middle of the volume And finally that moment of like, I'm gonna do this. Oh, I was so excited Oh, I know but then and we got all the flashbacks and they did them in that I love when oh the style of this was so sweet. Oh, yeah I love when shows do that and they do a flashback in a different style It's like it's cool because that's kind of to me like helps him like, you know, you remember things differently Yeah, yeah, you don't remember perfect. Yeah, exactly a little window into ruby's memories Yeah, and all that artwork was gorgeous and also too like a lot of it was back Showing scenes back when like animation has come very very very very very far in the show to where it started And so like I think that was a beautiful way to also like Keep it current and but and we saw summer rose. We did. Yeah, but that was in the First let's talk about the failed vision. Oh, yeah And she's going back thinking about it She's trying to think of people she loves but then she's thinking about the people she loves in the tragedy That's associated with that like oh my god The penny's like cold dead eye that they're in. I'm like no Like it was so happy to see penny again because I love penny and then I was just like oh god The memories I know and then uh, and then she's like sneak a peek big old giant mouth like Well, that's what I was talking about when she was explaining how the Silver eyes worked is like you just have to do it in the moment. Like there's no other way to learn For you to to use them. Luckily it worked out all right Yeah, then she thought about all the positive stuff which is remember because often jen came and like jen came and helped out That oh, yeah, that was sassy and I loved it. That was cool. Don't do it again Yeah, you get one. Yeah, nice guy back to the fighting the monster now And it was just what she needed. Uh, yeah, and it was crazy. We got to see summer rose. I Think we got a glimpse of her before it's been a long time Did we like in a picture? like we got to see Like a hooded I think we never we've never seen this. I mean, this is the most clear and detailed version Like and it was awesome like super cool She looks so much like ruby, but it didn't work the eyes. They didn't work It froze it for a minute. I know and then it uncrumpled. I had a moment where I was like That was over quicker than I thought it was gonna be and then they were like nah, man. You ever seen code geese like so like The monster starts breaking out and then we're like giant drill arm into my characters Oh, so the so the the weapon from uh season from volume three is affectionately known to the community as kevin Kevin so what nickname did we give our big grim friend leviathan? um I feel like it has to be sort of like in the same vein as kevin like derrick or lenny Lenny leviathan Lenny's good. That's a good one Oh, he really had to get through them shields. Yeah, I'm all right with Lenny. He did. I couldn't believe Oh, this is such a good moment for you. I was like, what's he gonna do next breathe fire? Chad was on the couch.  Come on. You had plenty of opportunities. I hope she still hopes she gets fired I'm with jacking on that. Yeah I'm glad that that arc is now closed as it would um where has it She might show up. Oh, I just no It's just no like you could I could so easily see them getting there and then like a couple episodes in She's like and I've been transferred and she's here, you know Me again. Yeah, yeah, I don't have a job.  So And putting putting entire city at risk Yeah, so like kill a flyer but then they seemed pleased when she when she did get lenny everyone was like it did They did. Yeah, they rubbed. I didn't see like the half an hour prior. That's all the claim is No, here's what's going to happen. Oh, no, they're not going to hear she's not going to talk about the ruby thing in her report So she's going to steal all the credit and she's going to get promoted And she's going to move back over the real drama. I got promoted because of defeating the grim and they're like, but you Yeah, real the real drama in the show really isn't the admin like a lot of that gets lost But it's all in the paperwork guys. That's true. Forget the battles. Forget the amazing fights. It's all it's all in the notes Uh, we'll see I can absolutely see that happening and we've been pretty good at predicting things. So we'll see um another special moment Crowe putting down his flask. Well and not drinking. How did I miss that? Yeah, he like looks and he's like Like he actually small step. Oh, I just think it was empty. Yeah No, oh god Oh, I was trying to be positive about it But I think he he kind of he like looked at it and then he kind of just like nah, you know I'm hoping we'll get more of that story. But let's talk about The winged monkeys. Oh, yeah That post credits scene. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Oh my god. You want something done? You got to do it yourself I was like, oh cool We haven't seen the ape grim in a while and then it was like and now it sprouts wings and I'm like Wicked witch got it. Yeah that shot of all of them. It was so be prepared from the line. Oh, yeah Be prepared I actually thought it was a person that she just like pushed someone into maybe she didn't know how they were made Oh, I thought at first like, you know with like the large stature. I thought it was hazel It was just like, oh, we talked with me amongst the gross pools No reason Done. Hey, um, can I is your phone in your pocket? Uh, no, let me hold that in your keys. Okay It's old school pool rules You can push someone into a pool as long as you take their phone and keys Yeah, and they may transform into an evil monkey Maybe We'll see. I don't know. What do you think she's gonna do with her new army? Where they go and where they don't I hope atlas Oh, yeah, definitely going atlas the way that that we can get winged monkey spaceship fights. I think so I really hope she's riding on the back of one like I don't think she was sure She's just like never ending storing it. She's Yeah Just on the back. Oh my god. Oh, so someone's gonna try new dragon rules Oh, yeah, the whole team will be be on the on the on the on the winged monkeys That'd be cool. Oh, all right. Uh, well Man, uh, since we're talking about everything that happened this season, uh, let's go and pull up that megaphone pole Where we want to know What your favorite moment was this volume? You guys can head to roosterteeth.com forward slash play And uh, your options are the farmhouse and apathy Blake and yang versus adam giant grim battle and john and pieris statue Ooh, Blake and yang versus adam has a tremendous start. We'll check back in on that here in a little bit So again roosterteeth.com forward slash play and we'll get that answer. Um, in the meantime, we'll give you our answers for your community questions All right, let's go. Let's go community. What's up? Whitney is grief over roman lingering. Do you think it's possible? She will become the winter maiden obtain the luralic of creation and try to revive roman torchwick Oh my red anemones. I just totally forgot about the maidens Are you serious? Well like we haven't heard about them for a while. Yeah. I mean other than yeah other than cinder Yeah, he's in her powers. Um That is a very specific thing to ask. Yeah I don't know if that's the best use of anyone's time or powers. I feel like he's gone I think she's kind of over it. I think she's over her grief and she's like now on like the Revenge path, but I don't think she would That's not over like over. I mean you mean just like Like yeah that kind of like sorrowful.  I but if she had the opportunities and she could bring it back. She absolutely would so Maybe probably not though Who's to say? Uh red strike bunny. Do you think weiss will get a rematch with cinder for stabbing her? We can only hope it's probably I mean they've seen to be doing that Uh, you know and blake and yang got to get their rematch vengeance on adam So I don't see why not right? That would be awesome plus. Oh, yeah cinder and neo are on their way We didn't even talk about that and they got outfit changes. Yes. They got fresh new threads new Fashions looking cool. Yeah, I think we didn't talk about was that touching moment between blake and yang Were they held hands that was really rough or maybe when they were crying Holding each other several handholds in this dot I know but there's that sweet moment. We're so much emotion. Oh, no crying. They're just sobbing together.  Yeah speaking of which jackie aren't you gonna miss reading these every week? Wow, really? Because it's our last shot Well, there we go What exactly have taiyang and raven been doing on slash in patch keeping busy I presume getting busy is more like it chat. This is a chat please show They could be doing chores together I don't think she I don't know They might have had like one conversation or something because the end of Maybe that just chill in Volume five like there was a feather, right? She pulled that she was like trying to Be in the vicinity of him or something But I don't think she would actually like have a face-to-face with him just we talked last time about like her just using Using the people that she cares about who she can teleport to is just like convenient ways to get around So maybe there's like, you know pop up and it's just like and peace you were close to the walmart Um You know, which is very traumatizing for the people that she's like human porkies. Yeah, exactly basic That's what's happening. No, um, I don't know. I I'm very curious about that And I there's been so much going on this volume. I didn't think about that at all Maybe we'll find out and I'm really interested to see what's going on there. So I think she'll turn it over on your leaf. Okay my turn. Really? Yeah, well, do you remember that conversation between her and blake? Yeah, that was that was pretty there.  I don't think they saw her like they saw a figure like a little thing. Yeah, they may have seen a lantern What up? Yeah, and she was riding on a ghost wasp So like but if they do maybe she'll be like heralded as the return of the grim reaper Probably because that's probably the last time that they like anyone knew of it on like a macro sense That's true. Someone could wield that power that news could reach salem too And she'd be pissed if she found out that we could like control the use of her silver eyes now Well, what if it just gets back as the news of like the grim reaper is back? But there's like no mention of rubio who it is It's just like because they are like that would super make sense of like this kind of yoda connection between mario Yeah, and if ruby gets a new version would be awesome like marius has the coolest weapons I've ever seen on the show. So cool. Yeah, those are amazing. I love that. That's probably my favorite fight Oh, yeah, there's mario. Oh, definitely goldstorm 16745 are we ever going to address the wyvern on top of beacon kevin since Since now we know that giant grim have abilities to break out of the silver freeze that wyvern seems pretty dangerous now Kevin What's the criteria? How how how'd they get out? It's got to have starved by now, right?  Just eat darkness. Yeah, they just Emotions Maybe it has something to do with the power of ruby's eyes At the point. I don't know because I mean the kevin seemed real frozen real good But lenny Lenny had no problem. No problem at all. Is it the power of this? I mean Lenny was bigger though Is he think so? No, no that kevin was really wrapped around that tower Yeah Maybe we'll just go like we'll cut back to begin. He's just not there That'd be terrifying. Maybe the level of emotion. Um, that's what I'm saying. Yeah level of emotion Maybe kevin was just skipping gym day and Lenny was it because I mean like ribby just had just seen her friend Straight up murdered at that moment. Yeah, exactly. So her eye power perhaps the stronger at that moment in time We'll see We just keep throwing stuff out there. Maybe it'll come true Uh, all right, cool. Let's check it on that megaphone poll and see what's your favorite moment was from this volume Oh, Blake and yang versus adam by a long shot. Yeah, nice. What's that second up? Oh, john empires runner-up was john empires actually been really close to the farmhouse and apathy I love the farmhouse apathy. That's so good. Yeah, that was super awesome Jackie could have also just been maria Yeah, remember that bit with the the peristatio emotional that was oh, was that that was when you took that picture, right of me crying? Yeah, when you're like actually Yeah, because john was just looking at that thing and you know it made him sad He thought about everything but then he needed to get past it and that mysterious stranger showed up It's not about like what he'd lost like and I guess, you know like things coming to an end like the show Like Jackie, have you ever lost things? Okay, it's a brutal Yeah Hey chad. Yeah, what's up? Look at these amazing merch things that I'm wearing. They're pretty amazing I think we should probably do sure you can also get some amazing merch things related to ruby By adding to store.roosterteeth.com Uh, we've got hoodies. We've got slippers mug check this out everything like like here's a pint glass Uh, there's a million different things. Oh, yeah, this is why cup is by far my favorite There's a bunch of great stuff. You guys can head over to store.roosterteeth.com and check it out Valentine's Day gifts? Yeah, Valentine's Day gifts. We uh, there is a valentine's day ruby shirt actually and There's a bunch of cool stuff that they're constantly coming out with I got to look at some of the things that are upcoming too And they're awesome. Our team cannot stop will not stop. They cannot. I know it's crazy There's I wish I could talk I can't I don't know what I can talk about what I can't But there's a lot of really cool stuff there right now So to store.roosterteeth.com uh and also keep an eye on it for things that are coming up Create your own business casual look.  Yeah, so that's true. Oh snap I was real worried about moving Hey You can find me on the store website too. Oh, yeah, it's perfect Hi Carrie Showcross. Are you ready for hello interrogation time? Yeah, you might as well just had like a mime on the show because I'm just kind of like Nothing out of me Yeah, I'm gonna try and get something out of you But uh real quick for people that don't know tell everybody what you do for the show. Hi, uh, my name is Carrie. I Directed it. I co-write it um And I just I basically help a bunch of really talented people do actual things and I just kind of sit around I'm like, that's cool. All right Yeah, I believe that give them all the credit Yeah, you're you're basically ruby god One part. Okay. One one's fine. Yeah, Miles helps Carrie too. So it's fine And congratulations on the whole volume Thank you You're technically on vacation Technically we dragged you out from vacation for this. It's fun. Didn't you really? Well, I I didn't know I I didn't know I was gonna take this week off at first So I was like, yeah, I'll do rewind and then I realized I was gonna take this week I was like, well, I already said yes, it's fine. Oh, well, thank you again. Yeah. Yeah, happy to be here Yeah, how about I help you? Um, well, I'm trying to think of all the things you guys said that I was like about the whole time So we called him Levi Oh Hey, look, I was so close to Lenny You can hey, you can call him every way. I can I know the community I can't remember what they were calling it. It wasn't Levi But I just I was doing it because I didn't want to type Leviathan every time so I just started calling him Levi Got it. Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. You guys didn't come up with kevin there. That was no We didn't come with kevin that was given. Although one of our story of ours name is kevin So it's worked out very well You guys just any time you just write kevin now. Yeah, I was just like now. I don't know who we're talking about Are we going all the way back? Are we talking about harger? I don't know. Yeah nice So our blake and yang a couple Do you have to watch find out? Trying to spring that on you. Would it be worth it to me? Just say it. No, it needs If it's gonna it's gonna be in the show watch the show. Yeah, let's do experiences Watch the show guys. I try the experience. I tried with the experience it. I know I want to experience it too But I just really I'm curious. I know I know it's uh It seems like whatever's gonna happen. It's gonna be more worth it if you see it in the show Okay, uh, apparently the community is calling the giant grim bubbles by the way. All right, there you go That one got ellie there you go. I like that a lot. It's actually really cute. Yeah, it's very disarming Uh Cool, so man, uh, we got a bunch of questions from the community for me. So I figured we just get right to it All right, just kind of yeah, I'll unzip a little bit and then we'll see What I can show you that's it. All right, amazing story telling this season Is there a lot you had to cut from this season or did you fit all the story you wanted to tell in? Oh, it kind of varies. Um, we You know as we're When we start the season out we usually decide like here's what we want to do and then as we're riding We go like, uh, we don't have enough time to do this. I mean, there's always like things here and there We like usually will say like I don't think there's anything we Cut There's just some things that we decided to like push to to next volume because we decided would flow better So it's very rare that we actually cut anything because there's always like another opportunity to to do things like the only the only time we've ever like really cut something was because it couldn't happen again was we had like a During the the tournament arc in volume three we had a fight plan that was sun and Neptune versus Nora and Pira That we just like didn't have time to do and then we can't so cool Yeah, no, we had boards for it and everything like we really want to do it But it's like we can't go back and do that one so we can talk about that everything else is like, well, let's just push Yeah, yeah, it's just we try and keep things flexible So that way we can make it make sure this season feels right and then add it to next season Cool really enjoyed this season and the beautiful landscape that was created for it too Like so many awesome just set designs it was a lot of yeah, there's You know volume five we spent admittedly a lot of time in a couple locations Volume six we want to make a big deal to not do that and the team Was scared but then also crushed it like we have our environment team like every every team like did a really great job of just like Making every area feel like super alive. It was really cool. It was so awesome Uh any hints to blicks future new weapon. Can it be repaired or will it be changed? That's from Yolanda. No, she's just a pacifist now It uh, you know, she can't not have a weapon. So things will happen Uh They will happen. I wonder if she'll just glue gun it back together. It's fine Yeah, they'll meet a character that's like it's it's it's also a glue gun and then she'll just It's a little bit We uh, we we got some ideas. We got some ideas All right, uh specter one seven seven carry does mercury have silver eyes specter one seven seven No, uh, he just has grayish eyes somebody actually finally figured it out and the way you can tell is uh Ruby and any silver character have these like little tick marks in their eyes that are like an extra like highlight painted in Um, those are silver eyes everything else are either Us not thinking things through when we made his eyes kind of Do you regret having them gray? I don't I like I don't like when we did that I don't I don't think any of us were thinking about it.  So that's how you know We had like a whole theory based off. Yeah, if you actually did. Uh, I mean uh mercury and ruby our brother and sister Exclusive So that means they're descended from Ozfin this is so so this This whole episode is like the chibi of questions. It's not canon. We're just having fun Nothing I say is real because I'm still sleepy And it's live And I'm trying to get some stuff out of you. All right Jackie yeah, do you want to read the next one was there ever a doubt that adam was an unredeemable character Or was there a chance that he could have been redeemed a yummy yummy crayons? Um, I think I mean unredeemable is pretty Pretty strong. I think everybody has a chance. I think that that's you know, one of the reasons that especially blake Troubled with that moment as much as she did. I mean like she like we made a pretty good point when um It was in 12 when they were kind of like Getting ready to go back into action like blake has dated for a second like Nobody wanted it to go this way, but it did so I don't I don't think I wouldn't say he's unredeemable But it was it was It's definitely an uphill battle. So it just didn't work out Can you confirm is he dead? He's dead. Oh, we got one. Yeah, unless we unless we do like a Darth Maul and like bring him back with like robot legs Now he's we He fell into waterfall.  You never know. Well, we do now. We got one now a fifth of the fan base hates me. So Oh, no, that's fine. Well, thank you for uh airing that here. I'm happy. I got one. I'll stop trying to trick you now Um kiki kitten too. Uh, what ideas inspire the design of atlas? Oh, man. It's been a really long time. We actually, uh Atlas especially it being floating is is a thing that's been like We've been wanting to to get to and show for a long time Like we always have characters refer to like, oh, you know atlas up there and it was like Oh, it's because it's in the north, but it's like no, it's because it's Um So I can't I can't think of anything that was like a direct reference There's a kind of a weird funny thing was there was a inverse reference in that amity calcium The you know where the tournament is held in volume three Floated as well because atlas helped build it. So that was like a reverse reference, I guess Um, I can't think of any like one thing.  Oh, that was monty. You did that.  It's it can be it's like, you know, we It's one of the things that we don't get to like show super often just because there's not like a ton of time But it's like different areas can use in different ways like atlas uses gravity dust more to make things float We're like, you know, haven and mistral use more like steam power So they use dust to create steam to to make things work So it's like there's there's multiple ways you can use stuff I want to see under the hood if we can make that work and sum up coming volume I'm sure we'll make that or if we can just photoshop open up a hood and it's just like your face Perfect That's what everyone wants to see. Let me tell you Let's do it great Do you want to get this one heli? Yeah I enjoyed oscar bang moise to the team will his role become more important as we go forward. No, just No, he's just he's there. He's just there. He's done No, I mean every How can I answer that? He's he's oscar. I love oscar. Yeah, that's great He's diminishing now as ospin takes control Except ospin's really backed off except for apparently when he needs to kick in and be like, hey, uh, please don't get us killed He's been a big sulky baby. He's guiding. Hmm. He's not so much right now. Well. Yeah Slightly with the plane. Yeah Descent. Yeah, that was in his own self-interest. He didn't want to have to reincarnate again and get some other kid used to Maybe get like a big muscle boy like Yeah Oh Chapter 12 felt good just because that fight is awesome and it was cool to like have that moment finally happen um I think six was Really fun for us because it was like another story that like been around for a really long time Um, I'm terrible at picking The neo I mean fight scene on the bar was awesome. I was I that was a lot of fun The whole all the whole team is amazing I think three is probably I've had to just pick one just because it was like These are things we've wanted to do forever and get out there and you know we decided to do in this big ambitious way of having this like double-length episode and And you know doing all the things that don't make 3d a good investment Which is like one off assets and That we can never like couldn't come from stuff we used before and we couldn't reuse them afterwards So it was uh, it was a really big endeavor, but the team did an amazing job. So I think That alone. Yeah three gave the whole show something had this like extra grounding to it Though that had to all of a sudden you knew a little bit more about like what were the stakes What's going like what everything like how everything needs to come together and like Before it was like it was so fun learning about how like the different magic systems work And each of the characters and like going on their journey, but suddenly it's like and this is the world that we're in And that was such a really like it must have been difficult to wait until six to be able to do that It was it was very difficult You know and and we contemplated doing it before but this just seemed like The perfect time. Yeah, it seemed like the right time and it it also You know, we've been we've been going for a while and we still have a lot we'd like to do So it just seemed like a good point to just be like no, but for real. This is this is what's going on I think my favorite episode was the premiere of this volume and I went up to you because we were in new york When I saw the teaser of just even just the beginning of it and I went I was just like Bravo like because you guys did such a good job of right out the gate Addressing so many of the things that fans were concerned or were complaining about and it was just Bam bam bam bam bam back to back and I like and it worked just somebody watches the show I was like immediately like extra like oh man like They're just checking all the boxes and I was like I was fully invested right out the gate Now, I mean, yeah, we definitely you know, we we always do our best to listen and You know, we're still gonna do what we want to do in the end. Um, but we uh Yeah, I mean people have had valid points and and and so we thought okay, you know Let's take this seriously and and just you know continue to work on being better writers and better storytellers Uh, and I'm I'm super happy with how this point turned out like oh, yeah That's one of everybody that redid a great job. Is that anything that you can tell us about volume seven anything you can Hint out or give away for us. Well, we're still really early is the problem. Um It will happen Yes, um And ruby will be in it. Okay, great. Oh, I know people have been like few but now it's gonna be like he means the character The team what's going on? Who knows? so How about this? Will will we get a glimpse at what's going on with raven and ty? Maybe There's a smile with that. Maybe. All right. Fine. He's keeping it closed. Let's talk about this one We'll talk about this volume. Did you hear about our random predictions? I did I want to it's pretty crazy. How long did you guys plan the bike hit because that was That was a satisfying hole. That had been for a good bit. Um, we we we've been going back and forth of like Whether or not like what was going to happen to the bike afterwards, but like the idea of of it's slamming was that's been around for like months Yeah, so it's like before like Knew who the cast of the show like before this show was like a thing officially for six. We knew what that was so That's that was that was good. Yeah. No, y'all did y'all did a good job That's funny, man. Yeah, we we had a blast just like it was fun to just throw stuff out there And when it actually the fact that we got that and grimzilla, right? It's just It makes me happy because it means that like we're At least at the time it seemed like, you know, those were slightly more like out there things but they were plausible so it's like it makes me happy that Y'all were able to guess something but it wasn't a predictable thing if that makes sense Yeah, I was just like, this is what I want and then it happens and you're like, yeah, that makes me happy. Yeah, great Um, I'm very infested invested in the fashions. Oh, yeah. Are we gonna get outfit changes next season?  They've been wearing these for a while And they are going to a new city and cinder is already in a new outfit So we'll see It would be pretty cool. It would be all right. It should be pretty cool. I want to see all right Well, you know what? Uh, we can't let you off the hook just yet. Uh, it's the last see uh episode of our season So I gotta put you through a ruby rewind lighting round. Oh, no, let's go All right, Carrie you got 60 seconds to answer as many questions as possible Ellie and I are gonna each ask you alternating names. Can I just drink for like 10 seconds right?  That's that's people are gonna be disappointed. But let's get I'm used to that. Let's get ouch. It's the time of the clock and let's go. Uh, does maria enjoy pistachios? Not really Make a facial expression for what's next for team juniper or junior? Uh, what was the inspiration for cinder's new outfit? Uh, cool cool things that ianley thinks of What happened to yang's gift ruby had to have before going to august? We're gonna show it. I promise It's very gris dad all for one.  Maybe he never left How has it been seeing how popular reviews come it's been amazing and I love them all of you My question is bees So the lancer is actually a wasp. It's a common misconception If you could ask jenna question, what would you ask if anything can I go to sleep? Between kary and myles, which of you is the brother of light and which is the brother of darkness? I would definitely be the brother of darkness Oh, absolutely So we got uh Oh shoot. I don't want to say it. I can't say it. Uh favorite fan theory is that is that everybody's dating everybody The shipping all ships. Yeah, every ship. All right. Well, let's see if you passed Has anyone failed? Yes, what is that? A lot of people have failed. Oh my gosh. Oh, yes That's probably just right. That's probably the one that I wore dude. So there's a little extra for you Yep Man, well, thanks so much for being on the show. Uh, yeah, and thank you guys for watching another season of rewind It's been a blast. I've had a lot of fun. It has been a blast I know it's my first time hosting with you guys and it's been really great to get to know you more and it's been a lot of fun It's 11 now jackie. I'm I'm actually really sad. Oh but being able to be here and Talk to you guys with about community questions and getting to experience ruby Like in this fashion it has just been an absolute blast and kerry. I did want to say this Being a community manager. I can see a lot of comments In my day-to-day. I'm sorry But seeing a lot of positivity come through like it I think i'm very comfortable in saying that The community Overwhelmingly is very proud of you myles and team cruby So you guys have grown so much and you guys have a lot to be proud of Thank y'all Too pure. I know Too sweet.  Ha Beesh, it's impossible. I was hoping to just try and use that to make you cry. I'm gonna cry later I can't mess up my wings right now man. There you go All right. Um, well if you guys are looking something looking for something to hold you over While ruby is off Then you might have heard about this new show that roosteath animation is doing called genlock I've never heard of that. You know, it's featuring these people called michael b jordan, dakota fanning david tennac kwychiyamadera Asia kate dylan uh gulf stef. Oh, man. There's a million people. I bet that would have a pretty cool intro You know, I think it would and my name's in it because I don't know how I landed a role in it But I did so here it is check it out So good, uh, so good news if you haven't heard about uh genlock and you're interested in checking it out It is free to watch the first episode right now. Uh, you just had to roosterteeth.com and it's right up there at the top The first episode is called pilot. Uh, and then if you guys, uh, I know right? It was I laughed so hard when I saw that I was like bravo because it's about a pilot and it's the pilot Oilers, um, so yeah, I mean a little bit So you can go check that out right now for free the first episode and the second episode we dropped on the same day Which is for first members. 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So we're here with, we're here with Dino White and the hell, so who are you? Hi, I'm Sean. So Dino White, are you making small microscopes? Yeah, we're selling them here in North and South America. They're made in Taiwan. So what are we looking at here? Is this the consumer product? This is a professional product. Now they all come with a two-year warranty free tech support, free software. This is our Edge series. They have variable magnification. That's real-time? That's real-time. Yeah, I can move this watch. You'll see it move it there. Is this this watch? I don't think so. It's a cheap watch. A cheap one? That's pretty cool. So, yeah, this is designed to be very durable, light, compact. Designed to be, you know, usable in the field if you need to or, you know, in the lab or the office. If you're going to use them hand-held, you just touch the object that you're looking at. And adjust the magnification to match. So it'll be in focus at two different spots. It's about 50x. And again, closer to about 180x there. How can it be two different spots? The lenses move inside of the shaft here when you change the magnification. So it changes the distance. Kind of like a zoom? Kind of like a zoom. Yeah. So, but DinoLight, I've seen those, like, you have all the way down to very affordable consumers. That's right. We do offer a $99 model. It's got limited features, but it's still usable and produces a very nice image. That's mostly for classrooms and educational purposes. Are there many classrooms, many kids using it? There are. Actually, there are. Yeah, we donate several and other classrooms. They come together and they buy it just for learning. And you've been doing this for a while, no? Yeah, they've been selling these for about 10 years now. 10 years? Yeah. So here we have just how it looks like. This is our mobile Wi-Fi spot. So what you do is, instead of plugging the DinoLight into the computer, you plug it right in here to this. And it generates a Wi-Fi hotspot that up to 10 devices can connect to. So we're showing off, this is how you have an iPad using the microscope. Nice. How do you do that? It needs to have the driver and everything and it's running a little Linux in there? I'm not sure. You just buy this device, you plug it in or use the battery and that's it. That's all you have to worry about and that's all I worry about. Nice. No need for every computer. That's right. And what are you talking about here at the Printed Electronic Show? Who's going to be buying this for? What are you going to be using it for? A lot of manufacturers for inspection, quality control, doing measurements, documentation and cataloging. We go to about 70 different trade shows a year. We cover all sorts of industries. We show that in our brochure here. Industrial, forensics, PCB. It's probably what we imagined this show would be close with. Can we check it over there a little bit? Of course. Yeah, we have another station over there. Let's go a little bit closer there. Yes. It's all right. Sorry. If I'm going over here, I'm going to check it out. You can see the two different. This is our standard working distance and our long working distance. If you need room to get a tool in there or if you just can't get close enough to the object. You want to see the PCB? Sure. So what's the price of that one? You said it was a professional one. Yeah, this one is $629. And this one has an extra feature with extended depth of field. I believe it's $899. All right. You have many customers in the US? Oh yeah, lots and lots of customers. But you also sell worldwide or mostly in the US? It is sold worldwide. We're the distributor for North and South America. But we have distributors all across the world. So if you need to get it in Europe, you can do it. We're also selling it here at our booth and we offer a 10% trade show discount.


It was a time of refreshment and celebration as top entertainers, societal bigwigs and traditional rulers converse the legacy to felicitate with a real estate guru and founder CEO of Stoke and Cardwell Engineering Services Yifor Mastella O'Kengu Ashita and Ayurode. Here are the highlights in this report. The van Bolver of the prestigious continental hotel was well-lead as top celebrities including the owner of Yife, all came out to feats with the beautiful woman of substance, Odo Gunwane, mother entrepreneur, Mrs. Yifor Mastella O'Kengu. It was indeed a time to whine, dine and relish the cool evening as the celebration hates on. Popular highlife Kroona flavor was on ground as he serenaded the celebrant with his sultry renditions. Joe Prez also added color to the event. Friends and well-wishes were not left out of the event as they poured encomiums and well-wishes on Mrs. Stella O'Kengu. Yifor Mastella is a very hard-working woman and very intelligent, sophisticated. In fact, it's something that you can confide in. I mean, as a very true friend, you know, as long as it's about business, please call her. She always got advice to you. It's not just about money, you understand, but she has something up here. So she's a very great woman and I'm not surprised everybody is here. Um, the son of brand Yifor Mastella, I don't know how to, I don't know where to start. She's an amazing person. Like, Yifor Mastella is such a sweet heart. If I start talking about her today, I'm sure I won't live here today. So I'm just going to tell you that she's an amazing person.  If he's in jail, Mrs. Yifor Mastella, she's my classmate in high school. I'm so happy. She's turning to the son today. She's an industrialist. She's a great woman. And she's doing well in the real estate industry. I pray that God will grant her his blessings. I pray that God will give her good health. And also I pray that God will grant her her heart desires. The onion of Yifor, or Ba Adelio Gong, see the second son to Zin or his entourage. Naturally, he flanks the celebrant as she cut a glamorous birthday cake. I am the most excited in this hall because the celebrant is actually my daughter in whom I'm well placed with. It was time to groove as everyone took out time to dance and generally unwind. Engineer Mrs. Yifor Mastella O'Kingu is an astute businesswoman and M-D-C-E-O of Wien Holmes Global Services Ltd., a popular real estate company with interest in Nigeria and the United States of America. Though trained as a chemical engineer, she has decades of experience at her professional levels, both in the oil and gas industry and in private enterprise.


CHAPTER 27 A Doubtful Witness His sister's attitude puzzled Mr. Cass less than might have been expected. On leaving her he went straight to the Turnpike House to interview the Gypsy. The first thing was to get the truth out of Job. Then he would try to arrive at some settlement of the question which would be satisfactory to the world, to justice, and to his conscience. The door of the house was closed when he rode up. He dismounted it, gave his horse to his groom, and told the man to take him home. "'I have to see the Gypsy,' he exclaimed. I find he is here without Mr. Heron's permission. I shall probably remain some time, and I don't want Salton to get cold. Go home.' "'Yes, sir,' said the man, and then ventured to add a few words on his own account. "'Shun't I wait, sir? Joe Lovell is a rough customer.' "'I know,' Mr. Cass said calmly. I am prepared for that. I shall return in an hour, more or less. If Mr. Heron should come to Holly Oaks, ask him to wait for me.' The man rode off, leading his master's horse. Mr. Cass waited until they were out of sight then knocked vigorously at the door. There was no response. A third knock, or rather a perfect battery of knocks, proved that Joe was at home. From within came the growl of a waking beast, a beast angry at being disturbed, and shortly afterwards the door was wrenched open by no very gentle hand. The Gypsy, with his red rim, dies, blinking from under a thatch of disordered hair, stood on the threshold. Mr. Cass took in his condition at a glance. "'Are you not ashamed to be drunk at this time of day?' he asked.  I am Mr. Cass.' "'I know you are,' retorted the man still blocking the doorway. "'But that doesn't give you the right to come knocking at my door. "'It isn't your house.' "'It is Mr. Heron's house,' Mr. Cass said sharply, and I have sufficient influence with Mr. Heron to have you kicked out into the cold if you do not behave yourself.' "'I shouldn't do that, if I were you,' said the ruffian with a sinister smile. Others may find themselves out in the cold, too. "'I, my gorgeous Gentile, bigger folk, nor the poor Romany.' This was plainly a threat leveled at Mrs. Marshall as her brother clearly saw. However, it was not his intention to quarrel with the man until he had got the truth out of him. "'You speak in middles,' he said. "'But perhaps he will stand aside and let me enter.' "'What for?' asked Job suspiciously. "'You shall hear my business when I am within.' The gypsy began to cough, and the paroxysm was so violent that he had to hold on to the doorpost. "'Well, sir,' said Job at length, somewhat sobered by a fit of coughing, "'come in. I ain't the one to keep a Romany rye out of my tent.' Mr. Cass entered and followed the man into the sitting-room in which Jenner had been murdered by, so far as Mr. Cass knew, its present occupant. As he entered he became conscious of a strong smell of petroleum and making a sudden pause. "'Have you upset your lamp?' he asked. "'No, I ain't upset anything,' said Job sulkily. "'The smell, is it? Oh, that's my business. I've got an idea that ain't nothing to do with you. Sit down and tell me what's the row. I know, though. It's your young lady. Well, I haven't done her no harm. She's a sister to me because she patters the black lingo.' Has she been setting your back up, rye?' "'My visit has nothing to do with Miss Cass,' said her father sharply. Leave her name out of the question. I know all about her visit to you and how you behaved. I am not blaming you, but my business here has to do with a very serious matter. Perhaps you can guess my errand when I tell you that I come from Mrs. Marshall.' The mere mention of that name drove the remaining fumes of drink from the gypsy's head and he cast a sharp glance at his visitor. Mr. Cass sustained this scrutiny with the greatest calmness and, finding the smell of the petroleum quite unbearable, threw open the window and placed his chair close beside it so that he could breathe freely. Then he turned round and looked again at the man. Job opened mouth that these liberties taken with his domestic arrangements stared insolently at Mr. Cass, but at length he found his tongue. "'You'll give me my death,' he grumbled. I want that window shut.' "'You shall not have it shut, then,' said Mr. Cass coolly. The air here is horrible with the smell of that petroleum, whatever you are doing with it. Sit down over there and you will be out of the draught. I have something serious to say to you.' So you said before, growled Job, surrendering the point of the window and pitching himself onto a broken-backed chair. What's she up to now? "'If you are speaking of Mrs. Marshall, be more respectful,' Mr. Cass said angrily. However you may have intimidated her, you ruffian you cannot deal with me in the same way. I'll make an example of you.' "'Ah, ha, ha, you touched me at your peril,' retorted Job, who was getting exasperated.  Out with it.' "'Confession?  She's blown the gaffe.' "'Precisely. And it should have been blown long ago.' "'You black-mailing beast. Now then, I'm here to learn the truth.' "'Oh, she's not told it to you then.' "'Yes, she has, but I want it confirmed by you.' "'What am I to confirm?' asked the gypsy with a savage oath. "'The story of how you murdered Jenner in this room.' "'He started from his seat with a howl and flung himself towards Mr. Cass. "'But the merchant was ready for this and pushing back his chair sprang to his feet. Job found himself recoiling before the barrel of a revolver. "'You get back to your seat or I'll blow your brains out,' said Mr. Cass, and said it with such ferocity that the ruffian crawled back like a whipped dog. But then Mr. Cass had the blood of many a slave owning Spaniard in his veins and was much more savage than an ordinary ankle's accent. "'Do you think I would trust myself here without protection you wretch?' he asked, resuming his seat. "'No, you move and I shoot.' "'I am less English than Spanish, let me tell you. And perhaps I do not consider my actions so carefully as the people of this country.' "'You're a fierce one, you are, anyway,' grumbled the man, climbing up to his seat with an uneasy eye on the weapon which still covered him. "'My sister is just like you, plucky as a bantam she is.' "'Which sister do you mean, Mrs. Marshall or Ms. Cass?  "'Well, it seems you know a lot, you do.' "'Enough to hang you,' was the curt reply. "'That's a lie!' shouted Job. I didn't lay a finger on him. "'Then how did you become possessed of the red pocket-book?' The gypsy started and gave Mr. Cass another of his keen glances. He did not reply immediately, but seemed to be reflecting. "'At length? How do I know you are not laying at her app for me? The business I had with the high-born gentile lady concerns her only. She has not told me to speak of hidden things to you. "'If you don't tell me and tell me quickly, too, you will have to reply to a magistrate.' "'What magistrate rye?' "'The one before whom I will bring you,' was the quiet answer. "'Understand that I have sufficient evidence in my possession to have you arrested on suspicion of having murdered the man-gener. For reasons which you will doubtless appreciate, I am willing to deal gently with you. "'But,' he raised a threatening finger, only on condition that you make a clean breast of all to me and at once, "'anything you do to me, rye, will harm your sister. I hold something which can break her heart.' "'The bill of exchange you heard Marshall talking about to Jenner.' Job fell back in amazement. "'You do know all.' "'Yes. I hold the bill, the forged bill which can put in prison.' "'No one. That is quite enough. You need tell no more lies. You got possession of the pocket-book.' "'Yes, and I took the bill out before I gave it to the lady.' "'I see,' said Mr. Cass, tranquilly, although he marveled at the daring of the man. "'And you made use of your assertion that you had possession of the bill to blackmail Mrs. Marshall.' "'I only got a little money out of her, my Gentile. She has been kind to me, and she has given me this house to die in.' "'Then the sooner you die the better.  She believed you. I do not.' "'You don't believe I have the bill?' asked Job incredulously. "'No, for if you had, you would show it to me.' "'I will not. Why should I?' "'You cannot show it to me, I thought as much.' "'Hey, you think so, right? Then if I haven't the bill, who has?' "'Mrs. Marshall, for I gave it to her to-day.' "'It is a lie, a lie!' Job was quite pale now. He saw that his last card was plate and that he had now very little hold, with still some over Mrs. Marshall. "'It is the truth. The bill was taken out of that pocketbook by Jenner in this room and placed in hiding. I need not explain where. It is sufficient for you to know that the bill came into my possession and that I gave it to my sister. Your teeth are drawn, tiger.' The gypsy saw that he was beaten and began to whine. Although he already bore the impress of death, he did not want to be turned out to die in the open fields. "'What do you want to know, Honorable Rye?' He asked in fawning tones, for he wanted to propitiate the man who could make a trap of him. "'I will tell you all. All. You know so much that.' "'Now then,' interrupted Mr. Cass, impatiently, "'where did you get the red pocketbook? Did you snatch it through this window of which I am sitting and kill Jenner to get it?' "'No, Rye, I swear I did not. I was not near this house. I got the pocketbook from Jenner.' "'You liar! The bill was in the book when Jenner came to this house, and if you had stolen it, the bill would have remained there. Jenner did not leave the house again. He died here.' Job scratched his head. He was puzzled. "'Well, I thought it was Jenner, Rye. If it wasn't him, then who was it?' "'Marshall, you attacked Marshall on that night. "'Oh, I know. You tore his cuff and stole his sleeve-links, and one was found under this very window.  "'I did try to get some tin out of that Marshall-cove, but that was before I met Mrs. Marshall. I was sleeping behind a hedge, and I heard Marshall and Jenner jarring. I listened and heard all. When they parted, I thought I'd drop Marshall Rye and get some money. I was poor, and he was rich. He put out his arms to fight, and I did grab his wrist. But I didn't steal his links, I swear. Then I heard someone coming, and I ran away, while he went home. I came back to the wagon-respond, and then followed the lady. I knew she was hiding not far from me in the hedge. How could you tell that in the mist and darkness? I vise like a cat and can see through stones, said Job in a sulky tone. Black don't make no difference to me. I knew her, I tell you Rye, and thought she'd go after Jenner and get the bill for Marshall's sake. "'Why for Marshall's sake?' asked Mr. Cass coldly. "'Cause I heard she was going to be his Ranny. Marry him, as you Gentiles call it.' I went after her and caught her up. I offered to do the job for money. She said she'd give me lots if I got her the pocket-book. I said I'd give it her next day. Then I came to this house where we are now, and waited in the hedge on the other side of the road. I saw the window was open, but nothing more.  I after him and caught him up, though he run like the wind. I fell on him and I said, Give us the red pocket-book.' He fought, but said nothing. I thought he was Jenner. "'Oh, but how could you see in the dark?' remarked Mr. Cass sarcastically. "'What did it matter?' Job said surly. I didn't know Jenner when I saw him. He was a stranger to me. "'True enough,' said Mr. Cass. Go on.' Well, he fought and twisted and I grabbed on to his throat then he half gave in and pushed the pocket-book further into his pocket. I held him down and got it out. I didn't know he'd been knifing Jenner. I took the pocket-book to an old barn where I was going to sleep for the night and looked through it. I couldn't find no bail and thought I'd had all my trouble for nothing. So thinking she'd give me no money I made up my mind as I'd tell her I'd got the bill and would keep it till she paid up. She believed the yarn and I saw she was afraid. She asked me to shore the bail, but I said I wouldn't as she might put it in the burning fire. In one way or another I made her think I could do her husband harm with the bill, so she paid up well. "'Oh, yes,' said the scoundrel generously. I will say she was a real gentle lady. And all the time you hadn't the bill, you beast.' Job slapped his thigh. "'That's the joke of it,' he said, and began to cough again. Mr. Kass watched him with an expression of contempt. The secret of the murder seemed as far off as ever. Like an elusive phantom it flitted just within reach, but when the seer hoped to grasp it it was still the same distance ahead. Twice or thrice had Mr. Kass been on the verge of solving the mystery, and now again it was impenetrable as always before. He saw no reason to doubt this man's story, yet he was doubtful. He made one more attempt to get at the truth. "'Who was this man you struggled with?' he asked. "'I don't know. I could not see much of him, because we were fighting hard, my rye. But I've often thought he was the same cove as I heard the steps of when I tussled with Marshall. How could you tell that?' "'I can't tell, rye,' was the candid response, but I feel it was the same. When I heard of the murder next morning I knew he'd kill Jenner to get that pocketbook, but the lady said she didn't know. I told her it was Jenner, and she thought I'd tackled him going to the house, but it was when the man had left the house and then Jenner was inside—dead.' Mr. Cass, had by this time, learned as much as he was capable of taking in, and the mystery of the murder was deeper than ever. He resolved that he would go away and think the matter over quietly. "'I will go now,' he said. "'And give me up to the feelers,' asked Job with a scowl. "'No, I am doubtful now, if you are guilty. I cannot say, but I shall not tell the police just now. I will see you again.' "'I will see you again.' One thing, don't go near Mrs. Marshall.' And he left his brain in a perfect whirl. "'Won't I just,' growled Job. I'll get some more money out of her and cut the country. No, I won't. Here,' he sniffed the petroleum. "'I'll try that game first. That Gentiles chuck me. The Romany won't have me.  He sniffed again. For poor Job.' And he swore. Chapter 28 The Unexpected Happens Jeffrey was at Holy Oaks when Mr. Cass arrived home. He had come over simply to see Ruth, never dreaming that any further revelations about the case awaited him. But his host lost no time and at once invited him and Neil Webster into the library. There he left them for a moment while he went upstairs to see his daughter and tell her that all was well with her aunt. "'You need not trouble your head, my dear,' he said. Your aunt got that pocketbook from Job, who?' Here, for obvious reasons, he suppressed the truth. Who picked it up on the road? Now is your mind at rest.' "'Completely,' she kissed her father fondly. "'But, Jeffrey, I sent down to say that I was ill. He will be disappointed.' I will speak to him. Meanwhile, try and get some sleep. You can see him another time.' In this way he managed to set her mind at rest. Then he returned to the library to have the matter out with the two young men. He found a letter lying on the table and making some excuse opened it at once, for he had become so accustomed now to the occurrence of unforeseen events that the sight of an envelope addressed in an unknown hand had made him anxious, lest it should bring some new element of trouble. "'Ah, Neil,' he said, as he ran his eyes over the contents, this is from the prison chaplain. Your mother wishes to see me.' "'Can't I go with you?' asked the young man, rousing himself. I think not. She told you to keep away and it is only right that you should obey her. Tomorrow I will go up, and when I return you shall know all that has passed between us. Meantime I have a painful story to tell you and, Jeffrey.' "'Oh,' said Heron quickly, more about this case.' "'Yes, I think we are getting near the truth now. I have made several important discoveries. By the way, Jeffrey, Ruth will see you tomorrow. She is not very well. In fact, she had rather a severe shock today.' This gun-founded case, of course, remarked Heron forming his own conclusions, and naturally enough for his mind was now wholly occupied with Mr. Cass's promised revelation. "'Yes, about the case,' said Mr. Cass again. "'I want you to give me your closest attention. And first, both of you must promise me to say nothing of what I have told you until I have given you leave, for the matter concerns a member of my family.' And forthwith he plunged into the middle of the exciting history and told it with as much detail as he could remember. It was necessary to make things perfectly clear to his listeners as he relied upon their judgment to help him out of the cul-de-sac into which the whole affair was now wedged. At the conclusion of the story, Neil, who had been more or less excited throughout although he had refrained from interruption, jumped up and began to pace the room. "'There isn't the slightest doubt,' he said, that Job Lovell killed my father to get possession of that pocketbook. "'I thought you would say that,' said Mr. Cass dryly.  "'Marshall, you say Mr. Cass was in this house at the time. Your sister had got back to her bedroom. Now only these two knew that the bill was in the pocketbook or had any interest in getting it.' "'You forget Job,' he knew all. "'Job must be the murderer,' exclaimed Neil with flashing eyes, and my mother is innocent. "'Now she must be released.' "'I will see to that,' said Mr. Cass, composedly. "'But you must let me manage the matter in my own way. "'I do not wish the rascalities of my precious brother-in-law made public. If Job can be proved guilty, he must be punished. In any case, as soon as we are certain of his guilt, Mrs. Jenner must be released.' Mr. Cass paused, then added abruptly. "'I hold you both to your promise.' "'If I had my way,' said Neil, I would go at once to Job and force the whole truth out of him. As it is, I shall not move in the matter until you give me permission. My mother told me to leave things as they were. You have asked me to do the same. I owe you too much, Mr. Cass, to break my promise.' Mr. Cass, much affected by this speech, shook the young man warmly by the hand. Then turned an inquiring eye upon Jeffrey who answered the look. "'I will do nothing, Mr. Cass, since it is your pleasure to thresh the matter out yourself.  But he is dying slowly and in much pain. His fellow gypsies will have nothing to do with him. He is too much of an outcast, even for the Romany. I heard from one of my servants that Job, in a drunken humor, had threatened to put an end to himself by burning down the Turnpike House. In order to do this I believe he has lately bought a large quantity of petroleum.' "'Ha!' exclaimed Mr. Cass, suddenly. I know. The house smelled terribly of petroleum. I dare say he has soaked the whole place in it, that it may burn the more quickly. What is to be done? The man seems to be an earnest. You must get his confession as to how he committed the crime. "'That would be the best thing, no doubt,' assented Mr. Cass. But tomorrow I want to go up and see Mrs. Jenner. She seems to be very ill and wishes to see me at once.' Heron had quite made up his mind that he would see Job the first thing in the morning, but Providence intervened with a sprained ankle. Returning home late from Hollyoaks he was overtaken by darkness and in some way, how he could not explain, he stumbled and rose with an aching ankle which next morning was so painful and swollen that his housekeeper begged of him to give himself a day's rest, but he declined this advice and managed to drag himself to the library. It was a dreary day, but towards the end the monotony was broken by the announcement of a visitor, and to his surprise a figure in rusty black clothes was shone in, a creature which smirked and grinned and rolled its head in a half-witted way. Jeffrey stared. "'Jerry Hutt,' he exclaimed in surprise, "'what are you doing in this galley?' "'I am Mr. Hutt when I pay visits,' said Jerry with dignity. "'Only when I'm put upon at home by mother and master am I called Jerry.' "'Well, then, Mr. Hutt,' said Mr. Heron, humoring the strange creature, "'I should like to know your business. Take a seat.' Jerry obeyed, first going through the ceremony of dusting a spotless chair so that his rusty suit might take no harm. He had furbished himself up for the occasion and wore a flaring red tie, as spruce as Julian Roper's green one, and as ill-suited to the person who wore it. In this was stuck a pin which, when he had seated himself near Jeffrey, the latter could see very clearly. It was a noble piece of gold adorned with the enamored figure of a ballet girl. While the unconscious visitor sat smirking blandly on his chair, Mr. Heron rang the bell, and when the butler entered spoke a few whispered words upon which the man cast a startled look at Jerry and hurried from the room. In three minutes the door of the room half opened and closed again. Then Jeffrey knew that the underfootman, a strapping young giant, was waiting outside in case Mr. Hutt might be compelled to make a too hasty exit. "'Well, Mr. Hutt,' said Jeffrey, what is it? "'I thought you were never going to speak,' said Jerry in an injured tone, and I'm that hungry and dry you wouldn't think. "'First we will have our talk, Mr. Hutt, then I will see about having you provided with refreshment. You're errant, quick.' "'It was the master sent me here,' Jerry said, becoming more respectful as he delivered his message. It was as though the spell of the sender were on him. He bids me say that if you can give him that bill of exchange he's willing to buy it.' "'That's very good of him,' Jeffrey said, ironically. "'And why does he want the bill of exchange you speak of?' Jerry nodded mysteriously. "'I know, but I mustn't tell,' he said. "'You must tell, or I won't discuss the matter with you.' "'Well, it isn't a secret. Least ways, neither mother nor master said. Hold your tongue, Jerry. I can say this much, that master wants to be up-sides with that Mr. Marshall. You know why? What do you know about Mr. Marshall?' Suddenly the smirking creature was transformed into a furious beast. "'I know that he killed Miss Elsa, he did,' shouted Jerry. And the man outside was instantly on the alert to run in and aid his master. Ah, she was a beauty, and he broke her heart. "'I hope to have made her Mrs. Jerry Hutt,' he added with a sob. But that wicked Mr. Marshall, he had put her in the ground. I'll never see her again, but I want to lay him by the heels. I do quite as much as master does, and that bill of exchange will do it.' "'Ah, you know all about the bill of exchange, then.' Jerry nodded. I listened after you went away, and I know it was the same as they spoke of at the time of the murder.' "'Uh,' he shivered. "'That were a gory murder, bless my soul. We will leave the bill alone for the time being, Jerry, and talk of something else. That beautiful breast-pin, for instance. Where did you get the thing from, Mr. Hutt?' Hutt blinked, quite pleased that Mr. Heron should admire his jewellery. I picked it up. He said nodding. It wasn't a pin, but I made it one myself. "'And where did you pick it up, Jerry?' He shook his head. "'I can't tell you that.' He snapped and frowned. "'Well, I know that you picked it up not far from the Turnpike house, my friend, and that you dropped the other part of the link under the window.' "'The window?' gasped Jerry, turning almost blue with suppressed fear.  Hutt stared blankly at him, his eyes starting from his head. Then he gave vent to a long howl like that of a beaten dog and slipped on to his knees. "'Oh, don't hurt me,' he sobbed. "'I never did anything. I'll tell you all. I am frightened.  Heron almost shouted. "'No, I didn't,' snuffled the man. "'You can't hang me for not doing what I didn't do?' "'Here.' Loosening the breast-pin. "'You can have it.' He threw it to Heron. "'I don't want to be put in jail, please. Please!' His dim brain had seized upon the idea, from the few words Heron had spoken, that the gentleman knew all and could hang him.' End of Chapter 27 and 28 Chapter 29 and 30 of the Turnpike house by Fergus Hume This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Chapter 29 The End of the Turnpike house Perhaps had Heron attacked Jerry less suddenly, and had he not shuned by a few chosen remarks that he knew a good deal, the half-witted creature might not have confessed. But his weak nature gave way altogether. And during the next half-hour Jeffrey turned him inside out like a glove. The story which Heron extracted from the whimpering creature was what Roper had always suspected and rightly that Jenner had hidden the forged bill before he went to prison. When the man came out, he got to know the date of his discharge and said Jerry to follow him in order that he might see where he went to get the document. Jerry was on the track for many days and saw that he procured it from an old friend who, ignorant of its value, had taken charge of it. The document was in a sealed envelope and Jerry had seen Jenner place it in a red pocketbook. All this he reported to Roper and he was then ordered to follow Jenner and get it from him at all costs. Jerry got again on the track of the released prisoner and followed him down to West Ham. In one way or another the spy kept himself out of sight for Jenner, having been Roper's clerk, knew the lad as he was then. The rest may be told in Jerry's own words which were many and rambling. He got down here on a misty rainy night, sir, he said fiddling with his clumsy fingers and I kept at his heels. At a wayside pub he took victuals and drink. I watched the door from the other side of the road and ate what I had with me. I dared go inside lest he should see me. Didn't you lose him in the mist? Asked Jeffrey, who was listening eagerly. I never lose anything, sir, returned Jerry. I can see anywhere and falter like a dog. You don't slip me. I've had enough faltering to do for the master. Well, Jenner, he goes to a large pool of water. The wagon respond, go on. Oh, that's it, is it? I never knowed. Well, there he meets with Mr. Marshall. Oh, I knowed his voice. I was hiding near them behind a hedge, I was. And a ghost came past me, sir. A ghost with a long black dress. Heron saw that the man was ignorant that Mrs. Marshall also had been listening and this was all the better. It was well that Jerry had taken her for a ghost.  He killed Miss Elsa and I was cruel, fond of her. I was. Well, them two was talking about the bill and Jenner, he shoot it to Marshall but he wouldn't give it up till he got money for it. Marshall said he'd give him money when he was married and after that they parted. I tried to follow Jenner but I thought the other, Marshall, would have spot me. I didn't mind though as I knowed Jenner was going to the Turnpike House to see his wife. But you were a stranger, how did you know where that was? I had passed it in the afternoon and from what Marshall said to Jenner, I knowed it was the Turnpike House. Well, sir, I scrambled a lot and got mixed. I don't know where I got. Then I heard a scuffle and a cry and I signed the miss two men fighting. Marshall and Job thought Heron, then allowed, go on. I thought if someone else might be after the red book so I was going to run forward when one cove he's left away and after groaning awful the other he went too. He was shaken a lot by the fight. I stayed where I was for a time then I creeps forward and lights a match. What did you do that for? I wanted to see if in the fight the red book had been dropped. How was I to know that one of them wasn't Jenner in spite of his going on to the Turnpike? When I cast a light, he resumed, I saw something glittering on the ground. It was a broken link and I examined it by another match. There was two links. One piece was a champagne bottle, just as you said, sir, and the other was my pin with the girl. I thought they were pretty and saw they were gold so I puts them into my coat pocket. How did you lose them then? Jeffrey asked, thinking his explanation perfectly feasible. I only lost one, the champagne bottle, said Jerry quite gravely, because there was a hole in my pocket I knowed nothing of. The other I took home and got made into a pin. I never know till you spoke where I lost the one. Was it under the Turnpike window? he inquired. It was found there, assented Harron. Jerry scratched his head. I must have shook it out when I was looking in at the window, he muttered. Oh, you did look in at the window then. Of course I did, sir. Wasn't I following Jenner? After I picked up the links I went straight to the Turnpike, but didn't get there for a long time through having mistook the way. I see a light in the window and I sneaks up to it through the bushes. The window was open and Jenner, he was leaning against it. On a table under the window I saw a knife and the red pocketbook with the bill. Jenner was talking to himself and cursing some child. Poor Neil, muttered Harron. I waited a bit to steal the book. When I heard Jenner give a yell and saw a kid come into the room looking frightful, he ran at Jenner who gave a skip and dodged him. The child's eyes was like diamonds and fixed. I never see anything like the looks of him in my born days. Jenner, he screeched again and pitched himself at the child to fall on top of him, least ways it looked like it, but I didn't wait. But I didn't wait. I saw my chance and grabbing the pocketbook I ran like a deer. I did. Just as I got a little way off, a cove jumped out on me and caught at my throat singing out for the red book. I wouldn't give it up and shoved it deeper into my pocket, but he held me down with one hand and dug it out with the other. My heart, sighed Jerry rubbing his hand. Didn't the master give me beans for not having that pocketbook? Didn't you know who robbed you? No, I wish I had known. I'd have got the book next week when the talk of the murder was passed. But the master got a scare from that, though I told him as I told you that it wasn't me. He said, lie low, so I did lie low, and after a time he gave up the idea of getting the bill, till you came the other day and he thought you might have it. So I've come to buy it if you will sell. We'll talk about that later, Jerry. Are you sure Jenner was alive when you left the window? I swear it. He was just making for the kid. Had he the knife in his hand? Not as I know, sir. I think it was on the table. Jenner just ran at the kid with his mouth open. He was in a cruel fright. But I cut and didn't wait to see anything. Then do you think the child killed Jenner? Lord know, sir, cried Jerry, amazed. A weak little thing like that. Besides, the kid hadn't the knife. It was on that table, I'm sure. Can you guess, then, who killed him? No, sir, I can't. All I know is that I didn't. But now you know. Just say if I'm to have the bill. I'll tell you tomorrow morning. I must know tonight.  He can't have you, then, said Heron Dryly.  I want you to repeat your story to someone else. I won't, then. I was a fool to tell. But I don't know nothing. You must stay here. I never killed him, wept Jerry. Then he turned sullen and made a grab at his hat. I'll go, he said, and made for the door.  Here, here, he shouted, struggling and roaring. Let me go. I never did nothing to Jenner. Let me go. Lock him up in some empty room, Stephen, cried Mr. Heron, and give him food and wine. He must be kept here all night. I will take the responsibility. Conn found this foot. If I were only able to walk. Oh, I'll keep you, Mr. Hut. We haven't done with each other yet. Jerry's cunning came suddenly to his aid, and he ceased struggling. If you give me grab and wine, I'll stop, he said. I ain't done nothing to Jenner, and I ain't afraid. Take him away, Stephen, and do what I tell you, said Jeffrey, sharply, and Jerry Hut soon found himself locked in and outshed with a tray of food and a bottle of beer for his supper. At intervals Stephen, the footman, came in to see that he was safe. The creature noticed this and made his plans accordingly. Immediately after Stephen had departed after one of these peeps, he scrambled up the rough woodwork and managed to get to the window which was closed merely by a hasp, no one having the least idea that the man would attempt to escape. Jerry broke open the catch, and soon forced his ungainly body through the opening. Not paying sufficient attention to his footing, he fell and alighted on a manure heap some distance below. Spoiling my nice new suit, he grumbled as he groped round to get out of the yard in which he now found himself. There was some little difficulty about this, but he at last discovered a gate which led into a by-lane and was soon out of Mr. Herman's grounds, running across country for all he was worth, chuckling at the way in which he had outwitted his host. For quite two hours he wandered on, for he had completely lost his bearings. The night was fine with a high wind, the moon was at the zenith and across her silver face passed cloud after cloud. At intervals the whole landscape became light as day and he could see plainly, but he was a comparative stranger though he had several times been down looking for the bill by his master's order. Suddenly he emerged onto a common overgrown with Gorse and found himself on a spot where four roads met. Some distance away a White House looked spectral in the moonlight. The turn-bike, he said aloud, my gum, and there's the window I looked through. The light's in it now too, just as it was when Jenner was killed. I wonder who's in there. His curiosity got the better of his fear of Mr. Herman and with a surprisingly light step, for the man was heavy, he crept through the jungle of bushes and sneaked along the wall of the house. Just like old times, he said chuckling, I hope there ain't no more murders though. Someone was singing a wild song in a drunken voice and when the clerk peered through the window, for there was no blind, he saw a man dancing in the middle of the room. A cheap oil lamp was on the table and by its light the dancer executed his fandango waving a bottle as he did so.  In his curiosity he forgot to keep himself concealed and Job, for he was the dancer, saw him. He flung himself across the room and before Jerry had realized his danger, the gypsy had seized him by the collar of his coat and was dragging him through the window. Come in, come in Satan, yelled the drunken man. We'll have another murder, ho! Let me go, let me go, screamed Jerry, but he was like a rabbit caught in a snare and shortly found himself in a heap on a petroleum-soaked floor while Job closed the window. Hut was terrified, but he could see no means of escape. Have a drink, shouted Job, thrusting the bottle under Mr. Hut's nose. You let me go, he whispered, clinging to a chair. If you don't, my master will set the police on to you, see if he don't. The police, cried Job, what do I care for them? They can't do anything to me. She'll keep them off, she will. I can shoe up her husband if she don't. Drink, drink, or I'll kick you. Partly to avert the carrying out of his threat and partly because he was extremely dry with his race across country, Jerry accepted the offer and as the ardent spirits went down his throat he felt his courage revive. I'm Jerry Hut, he exclaimed, and I work for Mr. Roper. I want the bill, the bill. He made a grab at the gypsy. It will lay him by the heels, he hissed. Lay who by the heels hang you? Cried Job, pushing him back.   Blast if I won't know of the red pocket book, too, he muttered. And even as he spoke, Jerry caught the words and repeated them. The red pocket book, he shouted, do you know where it is? The bill isn't it, and I'll buy it off you. Oh, yes, I will, fifty pounds. Job banked his fist so heavily on the table that the lamp tottered. I wish I had it now, he cried. Fifty pounds by gum. Have you the bill there? Asked Jerry, taking another drink. No, I haven't anything, said Job. She got it out of me. Got what out of you? Why, the red pocket book? But the bill wasn't in it, he added. For a moment Jerry stared at the man, then dropped the bottle with a crash on the floor. It broke, and the liquor forming a pool added its fumes to the smell of the petroleum. You had that red book, stuttered Jerry, trying hard to clear his brain. And it was taken from me.  He sprang from his seat with a roar. You took it from me. Well, said Job with a growl, was you the cove as I fought on that night and knocked about so? You robber, you thief! cried Jerry, crouching for a spring. Give me back my property, the book, the bill. And he flung himself on the gypsy who gave a cry of rage. I'll crush you like a fly as I did before, Job said and grappled with his visitor. But Job was not the man he had been twelve years before. He could not hold his own as he had once done. Shouting and cursing the two men swayed round the apartment. Finally they crashed against the table and upset the lamp. It fell and burst on the floor. Immediately the woodwork soaked as it was in petroleum broke into flame and in almost less time than it takes to tell the whole room was in a blaze. With a yell of terror Jerry tried to shake himself free and leap through the girdle of fire, but Job held him fast. No, you don't, he shouted.  I've made arrangements for this. I never intended to live, but I thought I'd die alone. Now I've got you. And he made a clutch at Jerry's throat. After that the struggle proceeded in silence, for Job held his peace. And Jerry could not cry out by reason of those two strong hands fast on his throat. By this time the room was blazing like a furnace and the clothes of the two men were in flames. A frightened wayfarer saw the fires streaming towards the sky, saw two men vaguely struggling in the flames. Chapter 30 The Truth At Last It is not impossible, said Jeffrey Thunderstruck. Mrs. Marshall shook her head. So possible that I always thought so myself, she said. My own idea was the same, remarked Mr. Cass, who was the third person of the party now assembled in Mr. Harren's library. I have told you several times, Jeffrey, that I believed Mrs. Jenner to be guilty. The young man drew a long breath. Even now he could scarcely credit the news. So she really did kill her husband. There can be no doubt about it, said Mr. Cass, pointing to an envelope lying on the table. There is a copy of her confession. She signed it in the presence of the chaplain and the governor of the jail. It was the morning after the burning down of the Turnpike House that this conversation took place. Information that two charred bodies had been found among the ruins had led Jeffrey to believe that Jerry had perished along with Job. Stephen had informed him on the previous night that the creature had made his escape and no pursuit had been attempted. There was no doubt in Jeffrey's mind that Jerry had gone to see Job at the Turnpike House, but why he should have done so, and why it had come about that he and the gypsy should have met their deaths together, he could not think. Nor was the mystery ever cleared up. But if the death of Jerry remained a mystery, that of Jenner did not. Towards noon Mr. Cass made his appearance together with his sister to see Mr. Heron. After some little talk about the fire, Jeffrey detailed what had been confessed to him on the previous night. How did it all come about, he asked now. That's what I want to know, said Ines. Sebastian has told me nothing beyond the bare fact as yet.  You see, Heron, my sister and you both know all about this case. What you have told us about Jerry Hutt's visit supplies the last link, which brings the crime home to Mrs. Jenner. I am not going to tell anyone else how the murder took place. I have asked the governor and the chaplain not to tell Neil the truth when he goes up for the funeral. He has had enough trouble, poor boy. I for one do not want him to have any more.  Oh, indeed, interrupted Mrs. Marshall with a haughty curl of her lip. And who does he believe guilty? Job the Gypsy. He thinks that the man set fire to the turnpike house and destroyed himself so as to escape the penalty of his crime. I think it only merciful that he should be allowed to remain under that impression. I quite agree with you, said Heron heartily. And you, Mrs. Marshall? She bowed her head. I have no ill will towards the young man, although I hated his mother. But she has gone to her account, so I will say no more about her. As to Neil Webster, as he calls himself. And will continue to call himself, interposed Mr. Cass sternly. I will say nothing to him, continued Mrs. Marshall, taking no notice of this interruption. I do not wish to visit the sins of the parents upon the children. But with one parent murdered and the other parent a murder as, I don't see how the young man can turn out well. And I sincerely hope that he will not marry that unfortunate Jenny Braun. If he asks her to marry him, she will not accept him blindly, said Mr. Cass. For I intended to tell her the whole story, suppressing the fact that Mrs. Jenner was guilty. That is well put in Jeffrey, but I should like to hear the story of Mrs. Jenner's crime. I can tell it to you in a few words, said Mr. Cass. The clerk's tale has brought the story up to the time when Jenner flung himself on the child. Well, Mrs. Jenner heard his cry and rushed down into the room. Jenner was mad with rage at the uncanny hatred shown to him by his own son and had him by the hair of the head, shaking him as a terrier does a rat. Mrs. Jenner rushed at him.  They struggled and he struck her. While this was going on she found herself near the table and seeing the knife blindly snatched it up, throwing her husband to one side. Then clutching the child to her breast and holding out the knife to keep off the infuriated man, she tried to make her escape from the house. But Jenner was blind with fury, both against the child and against his wife who had instilled such hatred into the mind of the boy. He rushed at her. She cried out that she was holding the knife, but he took no notice of her and ran up against the blade which buried itself in his heart.  It was when she came to herself sometime afterwards that she recalled what she had done. But it was by accident that she had killed him, and this she swore most solemnly. She denied that she had ever intended murder. Then she fled from the house into the darkness until she fell insensible under a hedge. The rest, you know. Mrs. Marshall laughed again at this account. I believe she killed him on purpose, she said. She had every reason to do it, Mr. Cass said coldly. But all the same I believe she has spoken the truth. Jenner died by accident. If this is so, said Jeffrey slowly, and I see no reason to disbelieve it, why did Mrs. Jenner tell Neil that he had killed his father? I asked her that, and her answer was that she was afraid if Neil reopened the case some evidence might be brought forward to prove that she had really committed the murder. She had told her son that she was innocent and she did not wish him to learn the truth. It was only on my giving a promise not to tell him that she consented to make the confession.  Oh, remarked Jeffrey doubtfully.  It will not do him any harm, said Mr. Cass. I don't pretend to say that I approve of her clearing her own name at the expense of Neil's peace of mind, but it is not for us to judge, and before she died she repented of having made that statement. Did she know how the red pocketbook was stolen? Asked Jeffrey abruptly. No, she had been so busy struggling with Jenner for possession of the child, she said, that she took no notice of anyone at the window. That was why Jerry, as you say, was able to put his hand in and take the book. It was lucky for the clearing up of the case that Jenner had sewn the bill inside the toy horse. If Roper had got hold of it, he would have made it hot for Marshall. He hates him like poison on account of— I have heard enough of that story, interrupted Mrs. Marshall, and you seem to forget, Sebastian, that if the bill had already been in the pocketbook I should have got it through Joe. I am tired of it all. I hope it has all ended forever. Yes, he nears. You will hear no more about it. In a few days Mrs. Jenner and her story will be buried, and we will all try and forget the past. Neil must never know. I shall not tell him. Nor I, said Mrs. Marshall, with, for her, remarkable generosity. No one knows the truth but ourselves, and we will keep silence. What about those poor wretches who have been burnt? Well, Jeffrey must tell how Jerry Hutt came to see him, and in some way we must prove the remains to be his. After all, the corpse, what is left of it, may not be Jerry. I think it is, said Harron. Indeed, I am certain of it. I expect he and Job got quarreling about the bill, and Job set fire to the house in order to burn them both. Jerry did not burn willingly, I am sure of that. Job, no doubt, detained him in the burning house until it was too late. Mrs. Marshall shuddered. Job indeed was wicked as well she knew. But now she was relieved from his blackmailing and had only her husband to deal with. And she resolved, now that she was in possession of the bill, to make short work of him. Her thoughts still seemed inclined to separation and the romance church. Well, good-bye, Jeffrey, Mr. Cass said, shaking hands. I hope your ankle will soon be right. Ruth is coming over to see you. But remember, not a word to her. Not a word, said the young man. But I say, Cass, if I were you, I should burn that copy of the confession. The original, in the possession of the authorities, will be sufficient to prove Mrs. Jenner's guilt should anyone else be accused, which is not likely after all. Burn it. I intend to do so. And Mr. Cass dropped the document into the fire. I only brought it back so that you might be sure she was guilty. Ah, it is an ashes already. I wish we could get rid of all our painful memories so easily. But to the end of my life I shall never forget this case. And these were the last words they spoke on the subject, for Mr. Cass and Jeffrey ever afterwards carefully avoided all mention of it. Nor was there even the turnpike-house to remind them of the tragedy, for it had been burnt to the ground. And Mr. Heron had the site plowed and enclosed in the field adjoining, so that the next year, corn-waved, where the blood-stained habitation had stood. Mrs. Marshall carried out her intention of separating from her husband. She gave him a portion of her money and made him a present of the forged bill, and he betook himself and his money to Paris. Neil buried his mother and mourned her for many months. Then he made his reappearance in public and was more successful than ever. Now that time was healing his wounds, he began to think about his future, and the first thing he did was to ask Jenny Braun to share it with him. She, poor girl, accepted him with joy, and at once sent the good news to Ruth. Mr. Cass, thereupon, went up to London and called upon the girl at his daughter's house, for she was still teaching Mrs. Chisell's children. He told her the whole story, not thinking it fair that she should marry Neil in ignorance of the truth. And at first she was horrified, but declared that nothing could alter her determination to marry him. I love him, she said, and that was all. The strange story of the burning of the two men and that of the murder which had taken place in the same house 12 years before is now often told by winter firesides. But few know the truth that the mother of Neil Webster, the famous violinist, was the guilty person in the tragedy of the Turnpike house. The truth was disclosed to Mr. Cass, to Jeffrey Herron, to Mrs. Marshall, and to the governor of jail and the chaplain. But, as for this story, it is told with other names, and the scene is laid 50 miles from the real locality. End of chapters 29 and 30. The End of the Turnpike House by Fergus Hume. Recorded by Céline Meijor.