These remains, after lying _perdu_ for two years, suddenly come to light just as the parties--who have also been lying _perdu_--have begun to take action in respect of the will; in fact, within a week or two of the hearing of the application.

It was certainly a remarkable coincidence.

And when the circumstances that occasioned the discovery were considered, the coincidence became still more remarkable.

For these remains were found on land actually belonging to John Bellingham, and their discovery resulted from certain operations (the clearing of the watercress-beds) carried out on behalf of the absent landlord.

But by whose orders were those works undertaken?
Clearly by the orders of the landlord's agent.
But the landlord's agent was known to be Mr.Jellicoe.Therefore these remains were brought to light at this peculiarly opportune moment by the action of Mr.Jellicoe.The coincidence, I say again, was very remarkable.
"But what instantly arrested my attention on reading the newspaper report was the unusual manner in which the arm had been separated; for, besides the bones of the arm proper, there were those of what anatomists call the 'shoulder-girdle'-- the shoulder-blade and collar-bone.