Of course I needn't impress upon you the importance of secrecy." "No," replied Valentine; "I'm quite alive to that." He then proceeded to inform George Sheldon of that encounter with Captain Paget on the platform at Ullerton, and of the suspicion that had been awakened in his mind by the sight of the glove in Goodge's parlour.
The lawyer shook his head.
"That idea about the glove was rather far-fetched," he said, thoughtfully; "but I don't like the look of that meeting at the station.

My brother Philip is capable of anything in the way of manoeuvring; and I'm not ashamed to confess that I'm no match for him.
He was in here one day when I had the Haygarth pedigree spread out on the table, and I know he smelt a rat.

We must beware of him, Hawkehurst, and we must work against time if we don't want him to anticipate us." "I shan't let the grass grow under my feet," replied Valentine.

"I was really interested in that Haygarthian history: there was a dash of romance about it, you see.

I don't feel the same gusto in the Meynell chase, but I daresay I shall begin to get up an interest in it as my investigation proceeds.