"No doubt he's greedy, but he hates Stormont, and I imagine he'd sooner punish the fellow than find the silver." He paused, and looked thoughtful when he went on: "The other matter's difficult; but, like Father Lucien, I don't see what we can do.

It's possible that Steve drowned his partner, or anyhow, took advantage of an accident to let him drown; but we're not detectives, and you can't move against a man without something besides suspicion to go upon.

Then we were under the cracking beam when he fixed the prop that stopped the roof coming down." "I suppose, if he's guilty, that oughtn't to count ?" "It's an awkward question," Scott replied.

"However, we don't know if he is guilty, and I don't see much chance of our finding out.

But there's something else.