And that's why Braden, or Brake, came to Wrychester at all.

He and Glassdale, of course, had somehow come into possession of the secret, and no doubt meant to tell the Duke together, and get the reward--there was 95,000 offered! And as Brake's dead, Glassdale's spoken, but"-- here the old man paused and gave his companion a shrewd look--"the question still remains: How did Brake come to his end ?".