"Doesn't that suggest his already half-formed intention never to return ?" "It never struck me in that way," Brooks answered.

"Yet it is obvious," Lord Arranmore said.

"Now, I happen to know from your father himself that he never intended to go to Australia, and he never intended to return to England.

He sailed instead by an Allan liner from Liverpool to Quebec under the name of Francis.

He went straight to Montreal, and he stayed there until he had spent the greater part of his money.