But he was rather cool to poor Dick that evening, and now Cedric is in the ascendant again." Malcolm reflected for a moment; then he said in rather a puzzled tone-- "Of course I see my bearings now, but all the same I am not out of the fog.

At the garden-party at the Wood House Jacobi was evidently fishing for information; but he got precious little, I can tell you.

But I remember he seemed to know far more than I did about the Templetons"-- here Malcolm's voice unconsciously changed; "he even told me about the tin mine that had been discovered on a Cornish farm that belonged to them." "I wonder where he got his information," observed Mrs.Godfrey thoughtfully.

"But he was quite correct.

Mr.Templeton was not a rich man by any means; he was just a country squire, with a moderate income, which his first wife brought him, and of course her money was left to her daughters.