It was entirely a vague surmise. I wondered
whether, if the poor fellow had fallen a victim to his enemies, she had
not also been struck down."
His lips were pressed together in distinct dissatisfaction. I knew my
explanation to be a very lame one, but at all hazards I could not import
Muriel's name into the affair. I had given her my promise, and I
intended to keep it.
"Then the body is still in the glen, where you left it?"
"Yes. If you wish, I will take you to the spot. I can drive you and your
assistant up there."
"Certainly. Let us go," he exclaimed, rising at once and ringing his
bell.
"Get three good lanterns and some matches, and put them in this
gentleman's trap outside," he said to the constable who answered his
summons. "And tell Gilbert Campbell that I want him to go with me up to
Rannoch Wood."
"Yes, sir," answered the man; and the door again closed.
"It's a pity--a thousand pities, Mr. Gregg, that you didn't stop those
two men who buried the body."
"They were already across the stream, and disappearing into the thicket
before I mounted the rock," I explained.
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