He was trying to utter the name of his murderer.

So and so, of Ballarat." "It is wonderful!" I exclaimed.
"It is obvious.

And now, you see, I had narrowed the field down considerably.

The possession of a grey garment was a third point which, granting the son's statement to be correct, was a certainty.

We have come now out of mere vagueness to the definite conception of an Australian from Ballarat with a grey cloak." "Certainly." "And one who was at home in the district, for the pool can only be approached by the farm or by the estate, where strangers could hardly wander." "Quite so." "Then comes our expedition of to-day.