Basil probably would agree with his mother, whose lead he slavishly followed.

But Mallow had rather a contempt for Basil, and did not count his opposition as dangerous.
On leaving the "Shrine of the Muses," the young man's first intention was to seek out Jennings and see what progress he was making in the matter.

But on reflection he thought he would call again on his uncle and question him regarding his knowledge of Mrs.Octagon.

It seemed to Cuthbert that, from the woman's question as to whether Lord Caranby had returned from abroad, and her remark on hearing that he had, some suspicion was in her mind as to his being concerned in the crime.

Yet, beyond the fact that the unfinished house stood behind the cottage where the crime had been committed and belonged to Lord Caranby who had known the dead woman in the past, Cuthbert could not see how Mrs.
Octagon could constitute a latter-day connection between her dead sister and her old friend.