Everybody wants to look over it, you know, and if a man was there alone, and his foot slipped, and he fell, why--" Stafford came back, looking more cast down than ever.
"They've heard nothing there," he announced.

"Come on--we'll go down and see if we can hear anything from any of the people.

We'll call in and see you later, Mrs.Wooler, and if you can make any inquiries in the meantime, do.

Look here," he went on, when he and Copplestone had got outside, "you take this south side of the bay, and I'll take the north.
Ask anybody you see--any likely person--fishermen and so on.

Then come back here.