Very possibly she had kept it, and dropped it herself on her way out of the cave.
It was evident that she did not wish to say anything which would incriminate Radnor; and she was really too perturbed to remember what she had done.

Several other people were questioned, but no further light could be thrown on the subject of the match box; and so it remained in the end, as it had been in the beginning, merely a very nasty piece of circumstantial evidence.
This ended the hearing for the day, and the inquest was postponed until ten o'clock the following morning.

So far, no word had been dropped touching the ha'nt, but I was filled with apprehension as to what the next day would bring forth.

I knew that if the subject came up, it would end once for all Radnor's chances of escaping trial before the grand jury.

And that would mean, at the best, two months more of prison.