He was an elderly, old-fashioned somewhat fussy-mannered person, who evidently attached much more importance to the living Squire than to the dead man, and he listened to all Marston Greyle's explanations and theories with great deference and accepted each without demur.

"Ah yes, to be sure!" he said, after a perfunctory examination of the body.

"The affair is easily understood.

It is precisely as you suggest, Squire.

The unfortunate man evidently climbed to the top of the tower, missed his footing, and fell headlong.