Jenny Prask was the malevolent force of which he was in search.

So much had, at all events, sprung clear from Sir Chichester's blunderings.

And some hint, too, of the plan which malevolence had formed--not more than a hint! That Jenny Prask intended to sustain a charge of murder Martin did not believe.

She was of too strong a brain for that folly.

But she had some clear purpose to harm somebody; and Martin's heart sank as he conjectured who that some one might, nay must, be.