His mind went backward and forward on these suspicions.

It was more probable that the squire should have contrived all this with the attorney's assistance than without it.

The two, willing it together, might be very powerful.
But then Mr.Grey would hardly dare to do it.

His father knew that he was dying; but Mr.Grey had no such easy mode of immediate escape if detected.

And his father was endowed with a courage as peculiar as it was great.