" She released her fingers from his, drew out the hatpins from her hat, unwound the veil and threw them both on to the opposite seat.

" The detective, however, failed to find the hatpin or any other weapon.

Angela stabbed a hatpin viciously into her hat.

"A. Jones strikes me as having a fair intellect in a shipwrecked body, and I'll wager a hatpin against a glove-buttoner that he won't bore you.