We shall now circulate notices of the reward throughout the country.

If the man was at all severely hit, we may assume that he must be somewhere in the neighborhood of London, whereas, if the wound was a slight one, he might be able to go a long distance, and may be now in York, for aught we know.

However, now that the search in London has terminated, I can really see no use in your staying here any longer; we will let you know directly we have any news." Three months later John Thorndyke received a letter from the Detective Office asking him to call the next time he came up to town, as although no news had been obtained that would lead to the man's immediate arrest, news had at any rate been obtained showing that he was alive.

It happened that Mark was intending to go up on the following day, and his father asked him to call for him at Bow Street.
"Well, Mr.Thorndyke, we have heard about your man, and that after we had quite abandoned the search.

I had come to the conclusion that the wound you gave him had been a fatal one, and that he had been quietly buried by some of the people with whom he was connected.