He is sharp enough.

He saw Carr meant mischief, and he was beforehand with him; and _he_ took what Carr meant to take.

It was not badly imagined, but he should have made certain Carr was sleeping in the house.

It all turned on that.

He never reckoned on the possibility of Carr's being cleared." "Middleton is still here," said Ralph, significantly, who was pouring out something for his father.
"Is he?
I thought he was gone!" said Sir George, so sharply, that I considered it advisable to retire at once.
Charles and Marston were talking together earnestly in the passage.
"He does not believe a word I say," said Charles, as I joined them; "and, what is more, I could see he had told Ralph he suspected me before we came in.