I have the complete control of this affair, and I'll only use Cuthbert's presence at Rexton to make Miss Saxon speak out.

But then, she may not be keeping silence for Cuthbert's sake, as she can't possibly know he was at Rexton on that night.

My own opinion is that she is shielding her brother." "Do you suspect him ?" asked Caranby quickly.
"He may not be guilty of the crime, but he knows something about it, I am sure." Here Jennings related how Clancy had said Basil would speak out if pressed too hard.

"Now Basil, for some reason, is in difficulties with Hale, who is a scoundrel.

But Basil knows something which Hale and Clancy wish to be kept silent.