As they gained it, the corporal saw a look of horror on Joy Gargrave’s face.
“Who was the man?” she asked. “I seemed to recognize something about him.”
“It was Adrian Rayner.”
“Ah, I guessed it! I knew it! You recognized him when you stopped?”
“Sibou recognized him first,” replied the corporal meaningly.
“Sibou! I did not know that he—— Oh, I remember. He was with the man who was responsible for my father’s death.”
“Yes, and Adrian Rayner was the man.”
Joy was silent for a moment, her eyes fixed on the place where her cousin had met his death. There was an enigmatic look in them which made Roger Bracknell wonder. Then she spoke again.
“You halted when you recognized him? You would not help him?”