"I think you'll be hung for it," said Mr. Dockett, after a minute's silence.
"Thank you," said Leicester with a grim smile. "It is candid of you, Mr. Dockett."
"Well, sir, no offence. I'm certain that if you didn't do the trick you knew something about it."
"I did not do it, and I did not know anything about it. But there sits a man who does know something about it."
And he pointed to Job.
"Ah!" said Mr. Dockett.
"Yes," said Mr. Thaxton. And then, motioning to Leicester to be silent, he told Mr. Dockett all that had occurred and all that Job had confessed in the ruined chapel.
Mr. Dockett listened most attentively to the concise and exact statement made by the lawyer, scarcely taking his eyes from Job the while, and yet taking note of every movement made by the others.
Then he said, when Mr. Thaxton had finished:
"And I suppose all this little story about the robbery was a cover. You meant to take Job here on to Tenby?"