I ought to have told him that he was speaking in ignorance of a testimony to Mr.Godfrey's innocence, offered by the only person who was undeniably competent to speak from a positive knowledge of the subject.

Alas! the temptation to lead the lawyer artfully on to his own discomfiture was too much for me.

I asked what he meant by "later events"-- with an appearance of the utmost innocence.
"By later events, Miss Clack, I mean events in which the Indians are concerned," proceeded Mr.Bruff, getting more and more superior to poor Me, the longer he went on.

"What do the Indians do, the moment they are let out of the prison at Frizinghall?
They go straight to London, and fix on Mr.Luker.What follows?
Mr.Luker feels alarmed for the safety of 'a valuable of great price,' which he has got in the house.

He lodges it privately (under a general description) in his bankers' strong-room.
Wonderfully clever of him: but the Indians are just as clever on their side.