"He never did that, I'll swear. You know he was not a man of that sort."
"Suspicion was, and still is, strong against him," she said.
"You cannot judge a man on suspicion, and in your heart you do not believe him guilty," he said.
"How can I believe otherwise? Who else could have done it?"
"I wish I could find out," he answered, vehemently. "I will some day, and then——"
"What then?"
"Something will happen. When I stand face to face with the man who stole my girl, he'll have to look to himself," said Eli, sternly.
"Do you think Janet will ever come back?" she asked.
"Yes, as sure as I believe Mr. Ulick will."
"I hope you will prove a true prophet," she replied. "If Ulick came back to Hazelwell and cleared himself, it would make a young man of the Squire. I should like to look round the stables, but I have no time now."