No one suspected amongst the Romany that he was anything else but a horse-coper.

He always pretended to be in Paris, or Berlin, on financial affairs, when he went back to his people, and I transacted all business during his absence." "You knew that he was at the Abbot's Wood camp ?" "Certainly.

I saw him there once or twice to receive instructions about business.

I expostulated with him for being so near the house where his brother-in-law and wife were living, as I pointed out that the truth might easily become known.

But Pine merely said that his safety in keeping his secret lay in his daring to run the risk." "Have you any idea that Sir Hubert intended to come by night to Lord Garvington's house ?" "Not the slightest.