And the man, probably, either a very affectionate husband or no husband at all.
NOTE .-- I admit that the above deductions hinge on very little--one link might just be wrong and so break the whole chain.
This is often, indeed generally, the case, and corroborative evidence should always be sought for.
In the present instance my deductions proved pretty correct.

I saw the couple later on, followed by their collie dog, riding along a lower road; but I could not determine their relationship to one another.
_Note on Examples I.and II._ Incidentally, the horse-tracks of No.

2 gave me a clue to the hour at which the invalid in the rickshaw had passed that way.
Thus: I came on the droppings at 7.14.
Assuming that they were actually 15 minutes old and the horses had walked 1/4 mile since passing the rickshaw, 19 minutes must have elapsed since the passing; _i.e._ they passed each other at 6.55.
On my arrival at the point where they had passed, the rickshaw would now be 23 minutes ahead of me, or about 11/4 mile.
But it is not only on set occasions that Baden-Powell practises scouting.

He rarely takes a walk, boards a 'bus, or enters a train, without finding opportunity for some subtle inductive reasoning.

Thus he recommends the men in his regiment to notice closely any stranger with whom they may come in contact, guess what their professions and circumstances are, and then, getting into conversation, find out how near the truth their surmises have been.