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She had actually fallen a victim just as he dreaded.
"Then you think she must have been called away from home by some urgent
message?" I suggested.
"By the manner in which she left things, it seemed as though she went
away hurriedly. There were five sovereigns in a drawer that we had saved
for the rent, and she took them with her."
I paused again, hesitating whether to tell him the terrible truth. I
recollected that the body had disappeared, therefore what proof had I of
my allegation that she had been murdered?
"Tell me, Olinto," I said as we moved forward again in the direction of
Paddington Station, "have you any knowledge of a man named Leithcourt?"
He started suddenly and looked at me.
"I have heard of him," he answered very lamely.
"And of his daughter--Muriel?"
"And also of her. But I am not acquainted with them--nor, to tell the
truth, do I wish to be."
"Why?"
"Because they are enemies of mine--bitter enemies."
His declaration was strange, for it threw some light upon the tragedy in
Rannoch Wood.


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