Evidence, slight evidence, but still worthy of attention, points to them.

Now, if it could be proved that they knew, at starting or before, of your father's purpose, it would help us; and, to my mind, this letter goes far to prove that wickedness of some sort was the cause of their going.

What do you think ?" Uncle Loveday cleared his throat and looked at me again with professional pride in his diagnosis.

There was a pause, broken only by Mrs.Busvargus splashing in the back kitchen.
"Good heavens!" said my uncle, "is that woman taking headers?
Come, Jasper, what do you think ?" "I think," I replied, "we had better look at the tin box." "Bless my soul! There's something in the boy, after all.

I had clean forgotten it." The box was about six inches by four, and some four inches in depth.
The tin was tarnished by the sea, but the cover had been tightly fastened down and secured with a hasp and pin.