Do you suppose he acquired a fortune honestly in this forsaken district, where everyone else is poor as a church mouse ?" "Seems to me," said Patsy, discontentedly, "that the plot thickens, as they say in novels.

If we interview many more people we shall find ourselves suspecting an army." "Not at all, my dear," replied Louise, coldly.

"From our present knowledge the murder lies between the unknown avenger and Hucks, with the possibility that McNutt is implicated.

This avenger may be the stranger who posed as a physician and said Captain Wegg died of heart disease, in order to prevent the simple people from suspecting a murder.
His fishing was all a blind.

Perhaps McNutt was his accomplice.