17/18 It's the most mixed-up affair I was ever in. Who do you suppose has written in answer to our advertisement about Forrester ?" "Has he replied himself ?" asked Raby disingenuously; for she guessed the truth. He doesn't sign his name, of course; but he writes to say that he was at Bolsover, and was responsible for the accident, and repeats what Rimbolt knows already about his trying to hear of them in his native place. There's nothing very fresh about Forrester; but it may lead to our finding Jeffreys." "Of course," said Raby, finding it hard to conceal her emotion, "he has written to the lawyers. |