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"All this in front of us is called Ellersdeane Hollow," he remarked. "It's not just one depression, you see it's a tract of unenclosed land. It's dangerous to cross, except by the paths it's honeycombed all over with disused lead-mines some of the old shafts are a tremendous depth. All the same, you see, there's some tinker chap, or some gipsies, camped out down there and got a fire.
"We haven't got to the stage where we can think of everything," observed Starmidge. "We've got to take things as they come. Well there's one thing can be done now," he went on, looking at the Earl, "if your lordship'll be kind enough to do it." "I'll do anything that I can," replied Lord Ellersdeane. "What is it?" "If your lordship would just make a call on the two Mr.
Neale's eye caught the gleam of silver braid on the clothing of one of the two men, and he hastened his steps a little as he and Betty emerged on the level ground at the top of the steep path. "That's a policeman," he said. "It'll be the constable from Ellersdeane. The other man looks like a gamekeeper. Let's see if they've heard anything."
"There's one thing," replied Neale, after a moment's thought. "Lord Ellersdeane suggested that possibly Mr. Horbury, hearing that the Ellersdeanes had got home on Saturday, put the jewels in his pocket and started out to Ellersdeane with them.
Horbury might have had a fit, or something of that sort, and fallen somewhere along this path, between the town and Ellersdeane House it's not much followed, this path. But we've seen nothing up to now." Neale turned to the keeper. "Were none of your people about here on Saturday night?" he asked. "You've a good many watchers on the estate, haven't you?"
And tell the farmers, and the cottagers, and so forth, and take a particular look round Ellersdeane Hollow. It would be a help." "Excellent idea, Polke," said the Earl. "I'll ride home and set things going at once. And you'll let me know if anything turns up here during the evening or the night." He strode off to the door and Neale followed.
Horbury left his house at a quarter to eight on Saturday evening and has not been heard of since. No more, Neale. And now," he concluded, with a bow to the Earl, "your lordship will excuse my partner and myself if we return to a singularly unpleasant task." Lord Ellersdeane and Neale left the bank-house and walked towards the police-station.
Horbury came out of that gate on Saturday night. What did he do then? He could have turned to the left, along this river bank, or to the right, also along the river bank. But, if he meant to walk out to Ellersdeane which he would reach in well under an hour he would cross this foot-bridge and enter those woods. That's what we've got to do."
He led the way through the thick gorse and heather until he came to a narrow track which wound across the moor in the direction of the town. There he paused, pointing towards Ellersdeane on the one hand, towards Scarnham on the other. "You see this track, mister?" he said. "You'll notice that it goes to Ellersdeane village that way, and to Scarnham this.
He laid down some books and an old jacket on the table. "That's my old working coat," he went on, with a laugh. "I've worn it for the last time at Chestermarke's. They've dismissed me." Lord Ellersdeane turned sharply from the window, and Betty indulged in a cry of indignation. "Dismissed you?" she exclaimed. "Dismissed!"
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