The information was reported, and the man received a summons to appear before the coroner.
And it may be as well to remark now, that his second appearance was owing to a little cowardice on his own part.

He had felt perfectly satisfied at the time with the promise given him by Lord Hartledon to see the debt paid--given also in the presence of the Rector--and took his departure in the train, just as Pike had subsequently told Mr.Elster.But ere he had gone two stages on his journey, he began to think he might have been too precipitate, and to ask himself whether his employers would not tell him so when he appeared before them, unbacked by any guarantee from Lord Hartledon; for this, by a strange oversight, he had omitted to ask for.
He halted at once, and went back by the next return train.

The following day, Tuesday, he spent looking after Lord Hartledon, but, as it happened, did not meet him.
The man--a dissipated young man, now that his hat was off--came forward in his long coat, his red hair and whiskers.

But it seemed that he had really very little information to give.

He was on the banks of the river when Lord Hartledon passed in the skiff, and noticed how strangely he was rowing, one arm apparently lying useless.