That purpose would probably have become developed in course of time.

However we look at it, Mr.Ashleigh, there was only one man who must have been anxious to get her out of the way, and that man was Craig." The Professor's manner betrayed some excitement.
"Then will you tell me this ?" he demanded.

"The young lady is confident that she locked Craig up in the coach-house and that the key was on the outside of the door, a fact which would prevent the lock being picked from inside, even if such a thing were possible.

The window is small, and up almost in the roof.

Will you tell me how Craig escaped from the coach-house in order to carry out this abduction--all within a few minutes, mind, of his having been left there?
Will you tell me that, Mr.
Sanford Quest ?" the Professor concluded, with a note of triumph in his tone.
"That's one of the troubles we are up against," Quest admitted.