Probably some tramp--" "No," said Jennings decisively, "it is strange you should come to me with this news.

One of my men has lately been here, and he tells me that a man was arrested near Rexton last night for passing false money.
He had on him a bottle of petroleum and some rags." "Ah!" said Caranby, quite serene, "so you think--" "There can be no doubt about it, my lord.

This man set fire to the house.

People don't carry bottles of petroleum about for nothing." "But why should he set fire deliberately to my house ?" "At the instance of the Saul family ?" Lord Caranby sat bolt upright.

"What do you mean ?" "Humph! It is rather a long story.