“But why not leave the bodies?” said Timothy.
“Because without the bodies no indictment of murder could hold against him.”
Timothy Anderson turned as the girl came in. She was looking very tired, but she was calmer than she had been earlier in the morning.
“Is there any news?” she asked, and Timothy shook his head.
“We have searched every inch of the ground,” he said.
“Do you think——” She hesitated to ask the question.
“I am afraid,” replied Timothy gently, “that there is very little hope.”
“But have you searched everywhere?” insisted the girl.
“Everywhere,” replied Timothy.
Soon after, Timothy took the girl away to an hotel for breakfast and to arrange for a room, and the house was left in charge of the police. Later came the famous detective Gilborne, who made an independent search, but he, like his predecessors, failed to discover any further evidence, because he also knew nothing of the disused well, which lay hidden under a rubbish heap.