"But how did this other man know about it?"
"I've no idea, unless he and Pollock are friends and compare notes."
"But how did—what's his name?—Ashton, know it was lost?"
"That's so, how did he? It's very mysterious. What shall I do?"
"Nothing at all. You can't put it on the gatepost, if you don't know where it is. But I'd certainly try to find it. Ask Polly what she knows about it."
"I will, to-morrow. She's gone to bed by now. Poor old thing, she works pretty hard."
"I know it. I'll be glad when I get a whole staff of new servants. But I'll wait till this excitement is over."
That was Miss Darrel's attitude. She had received her inheritance and selfishly took little interest in that of the other heirs.