"Pray, what gave you the first intimation that all was not right between this lady and her uncle?"
"The voluntary confession of Mr. Dumont," replied De Guy, readily.
"You do not believe Mr. Dumont would have abandoned his purpose, just as it was in the very act of being consummated, without a strong motive."
"True; I understand that the body-servant of the late Colonel Dumont is upon this island. He must have informed the lady, by this time, of his share in the transaction."
"Well."
"And Mr. Dumont saw the boy the night before he left the steamer."
"True."
"Was not the reäppearance, the rising from the dead, of this man, quite enough to convince him that all his plans had failed?"
"Why so?"
"The boy had the will!"