And if that purpose was the wish to appear friendly, then the manner of hiding it proved Malcolm Dunn to possess more brains than Captain Elisha had given him credit for.
One thing seemed sure, the Dunns were not openly hostile.

And Caroline was.

Since the interview in the library, when the girl had, as she considered it, humiliated herself by asking her guardian for money to help the Moriartys, she had scarcely spoken to him.

Stephen, taking his cue from his sister, was morose and silent, also.

Captain Elisha found it hard to forgive his dead brother for bringing all this trouble upon him.
His lawyers, so Sylvester informed him, were setting about getting Rodgers Warren's tangible assets together.