It was Harry Feversham, then, whom he had seen upon the pier as the Channel boat cast off.

The man with the troubled and despairing face was, after all, his friend.
"And Miss Eustace ?" he asked after a pause, with a queer timidity.

"She has married since ?" Again Mrs.Adair took her time to reply.
"No," said she.
"Then she is still at Ramelton ?" Mrs.Adair shook her head.
"There was a fire at Lennon House a year ago.

Did you ever hear of a constable called Bastable ?" "Indeed, I did.

He was the means of introducing me to Miss Eustace and her father.