And so they parted, and the lawyer set one of his clerks to watching James Talbot, to learn just what the man's underhanded work meant.
CHAPTER XI.
VERNON MAKES ANOTHER MOVE.
Frederic Vernon was much put out to think that his aunt had gone to England instead of to California.
"What do you think of this?" he asked of Dr. Remington.
"I think your aunt wanted to put you off the track," replied the physician.
"That she had no idea of going to California, even at first?"
"That's it."
"Do you think she suspects what we intend to do?"
"Perhaps," was the dry reply. "Insane people are quite crafty, you know."