But his own books and papers he had carefully removed.
"Had he many books here ?" Gilbert asked.
"Not many," the girl answered; "but he was a very studious gentleman.

He spent almost all his time shut up in his own room reading and writing." "Indeed!" In this respect the habits of the unknown corresponded exactly with those of John Saltram.

Gilbert Fenton's heart beat a little quicker at the thought that he was coming nearer by a step to the solution of that question which was always uppermost in his mind now.
"Do you know if he wrote books--if he was what is called a literary man--living by his pen ?" he asked presently.
"I don't know; I never heard his wife say so.

But Mrs.Holbrook was always reserved about him and his history.

I think he had forbidden her to talk about his affairs.