"On the evening of August 23rd."
"Why did she go?"
"Because I informed her that for the future Brand would take charge of her, and would not let her see Finland again. I was absent when she went away, but my mother tells me that she left the house between five and six o'clock."
"What did you do?"
"I went out to look for her when I returned. I did not think she had run away; but that she had merely gone for a stroll. I therefore went out to find her, and escort her home."
"Did you see her?"
"No. I walked about for nearly two hours, but I saw nothing of her."
"Was there any circumstance which seemed to point to her having run away?"
"Well, the pearls were missing. Buli gave his daughter a bag of pearls worth at least three thousand pounds. She was to sell them, and with the money buy goods to take back to Koiau; but she was not to do so until immediately before her departure. For safety, I took charge of them, and they were usually locked up in a drawer of this desk."
"Did the girl know where they were?"