"You see the difficulty of our position, don't you?"
"As to the property?"
"Yes. Of course, that's all I care for. Believing, as she does, that Frank is alive, she won't have his property touched."
"It is a pity you are not the guardian, instead of your wife."
"It is a thousand pities. But what can we do? I want your advice."
Sharpley sat in silent thought for five minutes.
"Will it answer if I show your wife a certificate from the guide that he has found and buried Frank?"
"Where will you get such a certificate?"
"Write it myself if necessary."
"That's a good plan," said Craven, nodding.