He never returned!
From the moment that Gamekeeper Bramber left his cottage, and the moment when Sir Howard Hepwell parted from his guest after dinner, the world to which these two people, Molly Clayton and Captain Vane, were known, knew them no more!
I was about to say that they were never seen again. But to me has fallen the task of relating how and where Paul Harley and I met with Captain Vane and Molly Clayton.
At the end of the Inspector's account:
“H'm,” said Harley, glancing under his thick brows in my direction, “could you spare the time, Knox?”
“To go to Deepbrow?” I asked with interest.
“Yes; we have ten minutes to catch the train.”
“I'll come,” said I. “Sir Howard will be delighted to see you, Harley.”