Mr. Craven tried to undermine her confidence, but, of course, without avail. He was troubled, for if she continued to cherish this belief she would not take possession of Frank's fortune, and thus he would be cut off from it.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
ALPINE EXPLORATIONS OF MR. TARBOX.
Arrived at the Hotel du Glacier, Mr. Tarbox immediately instituted inquiries about the fate of Frank, and soon learned all that was known by the people at the inn. Being a decidedly straightforward person, he did not fail to insinuate, or rather to make direct charges, against Sharpley, but these found no credence. Sharpley's hypocritical sorrow, and his plausible explanation, had imposed upon them, and they informed Mr. Tarbox that Colonel Sharpley was an excellent gentleman, and was deeply affected by the accident which had befallen Monsieur Frank.
"Deeply affected—in a horn!" returned the disgusted Jonathan.
"In a horn!" repeated the landlord, with a perplexed expression. "What is it to be deeply affected in a horn?"
"Over the left, then," amended Mr. Tarbox, impatiently.
"I do not understand over the left," said the other.