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They began to be afraid by that time Elphick had got to know all about Cardlestone's past as Chamberlayne. And as I tell you, Elphick's fond of Cardlestone. It's queer, but he is. He wants to shield him." "What did they say when you accused them?" asked Breton. "Let's keep to that point never mind their feelings for one another."
And I will know." Breton handed the stamps back. "But the general thing, Spargo?" he said. "If they didn't murder I can't realize the thing yet! my father " "If they didn't murder your father, they know who did!" exclaimed Spargo. "Now, then, it's time for more action. Let Elphick and Cardlestone alone for the moment they'll be tracked easily enough. I want to tackle something else for the moment.
"In the meantime, I want to find out if the lodge porter saw Mr. Elphick or Mr. Cardlestone leave. I must know where they've gone if I can only find out. I don't suppose they went on foot." "All right," responded Breton, gloomily. "We'll go and ask. But this is all beyond me. You don't mean to say " "Wait a while," answered Spargo.
"You say Elphick didn't know until last night!" he exclaimed. "Why, then, this running away? What were they running from?" "I have no more notion than you have, Spargo," replied Myerst. "I tell you one or other of them knows something that I don't. Elphick, I gather, took fright from you, and went to Cardlestone then they both vanished. It may be that Cardlestone did kill Maitland I don't know.
There's nothing to be afraid of, just yet, whatever there may be later on. It seems to me that Mr. Spargo and I came just in time. Now, guardian, what was this fellow after?" Old Elphick lifted his head and shook it; he was plainly on the verge of tears; as for Cardlestone, it was evident that his nerve was completely gone. And Breton pointed Spargo to an old corner cupboard.
Then, without waiting for further talk with any one, Spargo hurried Breton out of the cemetery. At the gate, he seized him by the arm. "Now, then, Breton!" he commanded. "Out with it!" "With what?" "You promised to tell me something a great deal, you said if we found that coffin empty. It is empty. Come on quick!" "All right. I believe I know where Elphick and Cardlestone can be found.
But I see, of course, that the truths which I have told you are of a sort that cause you considerable shall we say fear?" Elphick took another stiff pull at his liquor. His hand had grown steadier, and the colour was coming back to his face. "If you will let me explain," he said. "If you will hear what was done for the boy's sake eh?" "That," answered Spargo, "is precisely what I wish.
"Had he received a call from Marbury?" "No! Never heard of or seen the man. At least, never heard of him until he heard of the murder. He told me he and his friend, Mr. Elphick, another philatelist, went to see the body, wondering if they could recognize it as any man they'd ever known, but they couldn't." "I know they did," said Spargo. "I saw 'em at the mortuary. Um! Well one more question.
"Do you mean to say those two Elphick and Cardlestone would take this way?" "There is another way down the valley, by Thwaite Bridge and Hardraw," answered Breton, "but it's miles and miles round. This is a straight cut across country, and in daylight it's a delightful walk. But at night Gad! here's the rain, Spargo!"
Elphick ground and sweated wonders out of "the old harmonister" as it was affectionately called by the two parishes, and everyone was too busy staring at the bride and the bride's sister to notice whether angels or King George the Third presided over the altar. Joanna had all the success that she had longed for and expected.
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