“How old were you at the time?”
“Nigh upon nineteen.”
“Oh!” as if that accounted for his ignorance.
The prisoner continued, and asked whether search was made when the deceased was missed.
“Hardly any.”
“Why not?”
“He was never content at home, and we believed he had gone to my uncle in Muscovy.”
“What led you to examine the vault?”
“My wife was disquieted by stories of my brother’s ghost being seen.”
“Did you ever see this ghost?”