"Did he threaten to kill him?"
Mildred hesitated. "Well, Walter said that Mr. Lancaster would shoot him if he got the chance, as he always carried a revolver."
"Lancaster only carried a revolver when he went slumming."
"He wasn't slumming when he visited at Sand Lane."
"No! I can't explain that. All I can say is that, from what I know of Lancaster, he might have thrashed your brother, but he certainly would not murder him."
"But Mr. Darrel tells me that Mr. Lancaster was very bitter against my brother."
"When did he tell you that?" said Jarman, who knew Darrel, and, regarding him as a possible rival, did not approve of him overmuch.
"To-day, when I got up. Mr. Darrel is staying at the Rectory for a few days. You know, he is a friend of the rector's."
"Yes, I know," replied Eustace, thinking he must put Frank on his guard, since Darrel might recognise him. "Why did Darrel come down?"
"On a visit to the rector. But he also said that he came to see if he could help me in any way."