"Now, it is known," added Mr. Mitchell, "from the testimony of a boatman, whose boat passed Camden Bridge at forty minutes past ten in the evening, that the bridge was closed according to regulation, after his passage."
"Quite right."
In the midst of the multitude two men were bearing a corpse. It was that of the guard, already cold. A poniard-thrust had pierced him to the heart.
"Therefore the complicity of the guard seems to me to be proved incontestably."
The officer again made a gesture of dissent.
"Then you do not attribute the crime to the natives?" inquired Glenarvan.