? ? ? ? "He heard him."
? ? ? ? "To hear a hound upon the moor would not work a hard man like this convict into such a paroxysm of terror that he would risk recapture by screaming wildly for help. By his cries he must have run a long way after he knew the animal was on his track. How did he know?"
? ? ? ? "A greater mystery to me is why this hound, presuming that all our conjectures are correct --"
? ? ? ? "I presume nothing."
? ? ? ? "Well, then, why this hound should be loose to-night. I suppose that it does not always run loose upon the moor. Stapleton would not let it go unless he had reason to think that Sir Henry would be there."
? ? ? ? "My difficulty is the more formidable of the two, for I think that we shall very shortly get an explanation of yours, while mine may remain forever a mystery. The question now is, what shall we do with this poor wretch's body? We cannot leave it here to the foxes and the ravens."
? ? ? ? "I suggest that we put it in one of the huts until we can communicate with the police."
? ? ? ? "Exactly. I have no doubt that you and I could carry it so far.
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