I suppose I need not draw any conclusion; you can do that as well as I can." Adam remained silent nearly all the time they were travelling through the alleged Vale of Cheshire.

He thought much during that journey and came to several conclusions, though his lips were unmoved.

One of these conclusions was that he would be very careful about paying any attention to Lady Arabella.

He was himself a rich man, how rich not even his uncle had the least idea, and would have been surprised had he known.
The remainder of the journey was uneventful, and upon arrival at Liverpool they went aboard the _West African_, which had just come to the landing-stage.

There his uncle introduced himself to Mr.Caswall, and followed this up by introducing Sir Nathaniel and then Adam.