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Running away from her abusive stepmother, a little girl scrambles across London rooftops, a favorite hiding place. She peers through a window and sees a man apparently burglarizing a studio, but quickly realizes that she has witnessed the aftermath of a murder when the man puts a gun in the hand of a body on the floor. When she cries out he glimpses her and she escapes in terror. Very soon after, she is sent to live with her deceased mother's aristocratic family and her secret is kept from the police.

Running away from an abusive stepmother, a little girl scrambles across London rooftops, a favorite hiding place. She peers through a window and sees a man apparently burglarizing a studio, but quickly realizes that she has witnessed the aftermath of a murder when the man puts a gun in the hand of a body on the floor. When she cries out he glimpses her and she escapes in terror. Very soon after, she is sent to live with her deceased mother’s aristocratic family and her secret is kept from the police.

Charmian Karslake, bella e famosa attrice americana, viene trovata morta il giorno dopo un ballo organizzato da Sir Arthur Penn-Moreton. La donna, ospite nell'aristocratica dimora di campagna di Hepton Abbey, è stata uccisa con la propria pistola nella sua stanza, chiusa dall'interno. L'unico oggetto mancante dalla stanza è uno zaffiro prezioso da cui Charmian non si separava mai ma che era considerato un autentico porta sfortuna. Il furto del gioiello è stato il movente dell'omicidio?