For, as these latter reasoned, had it really been Cadwalader, why did he not show himself at John Poindexter's house--that old friend who now had a little daughter and no wife and who could have made him so comfortable?
Among these was Poindexter himself, though some thought he looked oddly while making this remark, as if he spoke more from custom than from the heart.

Indeed, since the unfortunate death of Evelyn in his house, he had never shown the same interest in the Cadwaladers.

But then he was a man much occupied with great affairs, while the Cadwaladers, except for their many griefs and misfortunes, were regarded as comparatively insignificant people, unless we except Felix, who from his earliest childhood had made himself feared even by grown people, though he never showed a harsh spirit or exceeded the bounds of decorum in speech or gesture.

A year ago news came to Montgomery of Amos Cadwalader's death, but no particulars concerning his family or burial place.

And that is all I have been able to glean concerning the Cadwaladers." Mr.Gryce had again become thoughtful.
"Have you any reason to believe that Evelyn's death was not a natural one ?" "No, sir.