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For the last three years he has blighted the lives of all of us, and there is worse than that for, as sure as I am speaking to you now, the blood of our dear father is upon his head." "Yes, and mine might have been also, but for a mere miracle," Le Fenu said. "He tried to do away with me he would have done away with all of us if he had only dared.
As a matter of fact, you are Charles Le Fenu, and your father was, at one time, the practical owner of the Four Finger Mine." "We are getting on," Venner whispered. "It may surprise you to hear this, but I have suspected it for some little time. The so-called absent owner of these houses is the man sitting opposite Fenwick there. Now do you begin to see something like daylight before you?
Perhaps that was accounted for by the fact that he seemed to be suddenly possessed of more money than usual, and was thus in a position to bribe the authorities. "And now comes a further development. Soon after the death of Le Fenu, it was noted that Van Fort spent most of his time away from his farm in the mountains, no doubt prospecting for Le Fenu's mine.
It was no time for the Americans to disclose the fact that they knew all about the murder of Mr. George Le Fenu, and how Evors had been more or less dragged into the business. Their main object now was to get hold of Fenwick without delay, and take him back with them to London. "Very well, sir," Egan said. "We need not trouble you any further.
"Not that it makes much difference," he said, eagerly. "Of course, you will all dine with me. For my part, I can't see why you shouldn't stay here altogether." "What?" Vera cried, "without a chaperon?" "I like that," Le Fenu exclaimed. "What do you call yourself? Have you so soon forgotten the fact that you are a staid married woman? What do you think of that, Venner?"
"What do you make of it?" Venner said, when once more he and Gurdon were in the street. "I see you have forgotten what the name of Le Fenu implies. Don't you remember my telling you that the original owner of the Four Finger Mine who was murdered by the Dutchman, Van Fort, was called Le Fenu?" On the whole the discovery was startling enough.
"Oh, indeed," Le Fenu responded with uplifted brows. "My sister and you appear to be on very familiar terms " "It is only natural," Vera laughed. A vivid blush flooded her face. "Charles, Mr. Venner is my husband." "I am not in the least surprised to hear it," Le Fenu said. "In fact, I am not surprised at anything.
"And now comes the interesting part of my story, Le Fenu went up into the mountains early in May one year, to put in his solitary two months' mining, as usual. For, perhaps, the first time in his life, he suffered from a serious illness some kind of fever, I suppose, though he had just strength of will enough to get on the back of a horse and ride as far as the nearest hacienda.
"Don't you think it would be far better if, instead, you discussed the matter with your brother, Charles Le Fenu?" "So you know all about that?" Vera cried. "Yes, I do. I have seen him to-night. Gurdon has already had an interview with him an interview that almost cost him his life.
When you found your heart's desire in my country, you came in your thousands, and by degrees murders and assassination worked havoc with my tribe. It was not till quite recently that there came another man from the East, a different class of creature altogether. I am alluding to your late brother-in-law, George Le Fenu.
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