We must see this Dr.Valdey, and the undertaker--and Marston Greyle's grave." "And then ?" asked Copplestone.
"Stiff, big question," sighed Gilling.

"Go back to town and report, I think--and find out if Swallow has discovered anything.

And egad! there's a lot to discover! For you see we're already certain that at the stage at which we've arrived a conspiracy began--conspiracy between Chatfield, his daughter, and the man who's been passing himself off as Marston Greyle.
Now, who is the man?
Where did they get hold of him?
Is he some relation of theirs?
All that's got to be found out.

Of course, their object is very clear, Marston Greyle, the real Simon Pure, was dead on their hands.
His legal successor was his cousin, Miss Audrey.

Chatfield knew that when Miss Audrey came into power his own reign as steward of Scarhaven would be brief.