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Updated: June 23, 2025
You probably heard it next door when you were listening so intently to the conversation between my friend Charles Le Fenu, the cripple, and that scoundrel who calls himself Fenwick. He is exceedingly anxious to know where I am, though without the smallest intention of benefitting me. Before long, his curiosity will be gratified; but not in the way he thinks."
"That is absolutely certain," Le Fenu said, coldly. "Most assuredly you can't remain here. You may remain for the night, and Mr. Evors and myself will try and think of a plan between us." "And Zary," Fenwick whispered. The mention of that dreaded name set him trembling again. "Keep me away from Zary.
He will just look in presently after dinner he is sharing my rooms with me. But hadn't we better get along?" Canterbury was reached at length, and then Merton Grange, where Le Fenu and Evors were waiting in the portico. Lord Merton had not yet arrived: indeed, Evors explained that it was very uncertain whether he would get there that night or not.
Of course, you would deny all these things, and I see you are prepared to deny them now. But it is absolutely useless to add one lie to another, because we know full well " "Stop," Fenwick cried. "What are you here for? Why do you tell me this? A desperate man like myself " "No threats," Le Fenu said, sternly. "I am simply here to warn you.
Leaving out of account altogether the latter's religious fanaticism, he had been deeply and sincerely attached to the family of Le Fenu, and now he was playing the part of the avenging genius. All these things came back to Fenwick as he sat there. He knew full well the character of the man he had to deal with; he knew how clever and resourceful Felix Zary was.
"Let them go into the dining-room," she whispered. "It doesn't matter what becomes of us." "But is she really equal to the excitement of it?" Le Fenu asked, anxiously. "She must have had an exceedingly trying day." "I am quite sure that she is perfectly safe," Vera said.
"This is very kind of you," he said, "considering you are a stranger to me. If you only knew my unfortunate story " "I know your story perfectly," Venner said, coldly. "You see, I had the pleasure of the friendship of the late Mr. George Le Fenu, and Mr. Evors and the younger Mr. Le Fenu are also known to me.
If either of you are friends of Fenwick's " "Not for a moment," Venner cried. "You pay us a poor compliment indeed if you take us to be in any way friendly with that scoundrel." "And yet you are here," Zary went on. "You are spying on the movements of my friend, Le Fenu. You have contrived to obtain possession of the keys of his house for no other purpose. Why?"
In fact, we aided and abetted in getting the police into the house. You will recollect how cleverly Le Fenu managed the rest, and how he and you got away from the house without causing any scandal. That was very smartly done. But come, are you going to tell me the story of the empty house, and why it was partly furnished?" "I think I can come to that now," Evors said.
At any rate, two or three weeks later the body of Le Fenu was discovered not very far away from the scene of his mining operations, and from the evidence obtainable, there was no doubt in the world that he was foully murdered. Justice in that country walks with very tardy footsteps, and though there was little question who the real murderer was, Van Fort was never brought to justice.
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