'Somebody having a late pop at the partridges,' thought I; for the sun was then setting, and at the moment I saw Bethel emerge from the trees, and run in the direction of the cottage.

That was the shot that killed Hallijohn." There was a pause.

Mr.Carlyle looked keenly at Richard there in the moonlight.
"Very soon, almost in the same moment, as it seemed, some one came panting and tearing along the path leading from the cottage.

It was Thorn.

His appearance startled me: I had never seen a man show more utter terror.