“And you wonder how Stephen Morris got rich?”
“Ah! Then you suspect—”
“That he is a villain and a robber.”
“You have a theory?”
“A very plausible one.”
“What is it?”
“He was not drowned at all.”
“That seems certain.”
“In some way he escaped. He found himself alone, and he remained around the ship. One day, I theorise, a ship came along.”
“That’s possible.”