Helmsley did not move a muscle.
"Yes—I remember!" he answered quietly.
"Well, the papers say he's dead."
"Oh! the papers say he's dead, do they?"
"Yes. It appeared that he went abroad last summer,—it is thought that he went to the States on some matters of business—and has not since been heard of."
Helmsley kept an immovable face.
"He may possibly have got murdered for his money," went on Angus reflectively—"though I don't see how such an act could benefit the murderer. Because his death wouldn't stop the accumulation of his millions, which would eventually go to his heir."
"Has he an heir?" enquired Helmsley placidly.
"Oh, he's sure to have left his vast fortune to somebody," replied Reay. "He had two sons, so I was told—but they're dead. It's possible he may have left everything to Lucy Sorrel."
"Ah yes! Quite possible!"