Both of them believed that Augustus knew more about his brother than any one else.

"I think you had better send to Mr.Annesley and ask him." "What does Annesley know about him ?" asked the squire.
"He was the last person who saw him, at any rate, in London." "Are you sure of that ?" said Mr.Grey.
"I think I may say that I am.

I think, at any rate, that I know that there was a violent quarrel between them in the streets,--a quarrel in which the two men proceeded to blows,--and that Annesley struck him in such a way as to leave him for dead upon the pavement.

Then the young man walked away, and Mountjoy has not been heard of, or, at least, has not been seen since.

That a man should have struck such a blow, and then, on the spur of the moment, thinking of his own safety, should have left his opponent, I can understand.