They've closed the Keep and its surrounding ruins to the people who used to be permitted to go in, and they're conducting an exhaustive search--for Bassett Oliver, of course." Gilling made a grimace.
"Of course!" he said, cynically.

"Just so! I expected something of that sort.

That's all part of a clever scheme." "I don't understand you," remarked Copplestone.

"How--a clever scheme ?" "Whitewash!" answered Gilling.

"Sheer whitewash! You don't suppose that either Greyle or Chatfield are fools ?--I should say they're far from it, from what little I've heard of 'em.