I really cannot put down here all that he proceeded to say in the most cold-blooded manner concerning Carr and Aurelia, or as he _would_ call them, Mr.and Mrs.Brown, _alias_ Sinclair, _alias_ Tibbits.

I for one don't believe a word of it; and I don't see how he could have found it all out, as he said he had, through the police, and people of that kind.

I don't consider it is at all respectable consorting with the police in that way; but then Charles never was respectable, as I told Jane after he left, arousing excited feelings on her part which made me regret having mentioned it.
According to him, Carr, who had never been seen or heard of since the day after the accident, was a professional thief, who had probably gone to -- -- in India with the express design of obtaining possession of Sir John's jewels, which had, till near the time of his death, been safely stowed away in a bank in Calcutta.

He and his wife usually worked together; but on this occasion she had, by means of her engaging manners and youthful appearance, struck up an acquaintance abroad with Lady Mary Cunningham, who, it will be remembered, had jewels of considerable value, with a view to those jewels.

Ralph she had used as her tool, and engaged herself to him in the expectation that on her return to England she might, by means of her intimacy with the family, have an opportunity of taking them--Lady Mary having left them, while abroad, with her banker in London.