The river was dragged for three days; but, thank God, nothing came of that.

Mr.Holbrook set the Malsham police to work--not that they're much good, I think; but he wouldn't leave a stone unturned.

And now I believe he has gone to London to get help from the police there.

But O, sir, I can't make it out, and I have lain awake, night after night thinking of it, and puzzling myself about it, until all sorts of dreadful fancies come into my mind." "What fancies ?" "O, sir, I scarcely dare tell you; but I loved that sweet young lady so well, that I have been as watchful and jealous in all things, that concerned her as if she had been my own sister.

I have thought sometimes that her husband had grown tired of her; that, however dearly he might have loved her at first, as I suppose he did, his love had worn out little by little, and he felt her a burden to him.