"I don't agree with you, Mr. Ritson. He has to remain in hiding, because he is accused wrongfully of murder, and again, you told me that he does not get the money until he has found out who killed his miserable uncle."
"Quite so, but if he does, he will at once prove his entire innocence, and gain a fortune. That is good luck."
"Luck which is yet to come. Why did Sir Simon make it a proviso that Herries should seek for his assassin? Did he then expect to be murdered?"
"Yes, and for that reason, along with the other--Maud's love for Captain Kyles--he made the will."
"Did he tell you whom he expected would kill him?"
"No! I asked him, as the proviso was so strange: but he told me as little as possible."
"You gained no clue to a possible assassin."
"I did not."
"Is there anything in his past life which made you guess that----?"
Ritson interrupted.