He marked the spot where it had been found by jamming his walking stick into the ground and continued his search, but without success.
"I am afraid we shall find nothing more here," said T.X., after half an hour's further search.

He stood with his chin in his hand, a frown on his face.
"Mansus," he said, "suppose there were three people here, Lexman, the money lender and a third witness.

And suppose this third person for some reason unknown was interested in what took place between the two men and he wanted to watch unobserved.

Isn't it likely that if he, as I think, instigated the meeting, he would have chosen this place because this particular hedge gave him a chance of seeing without being seen ?" Mansus thought.
"He could have seen just as well from either of the other hedges, with less chance of detection," he said, after a long pause.
T.X.

grinned.
"You have the makings of a brain," he said admiringly.