"You had no reason to kill my father, Angus had."
"And what may that be?"
"He knew that he would inherit the money if my father died."
"How did he know that?"
"Captain Kyles told me that he knew."
"An' hoo did Captain Kyles ken?"
"You had better ask him," snapped Maud, who seemed to regret having admitted as much, and who had been frowned upon by Mrs. Mountford.
"Is he in the hoose?"
"No. He is in London."
"Nae, nae," chuckled the old man, prepared to throw a bombshell, "I ken weel where he is; a chield ca'd Sweetlips Kind tauld me, having been to the bit ship of him."