6/17 Whether Chatfield knew that or not, I don't know. My own belief is that Chatfield did know. I believe Chatfield was in with them, as the saying is. I think they were all running away with as much of the Scarhaven property as they could lay hands on and that having got it, they bundled Chatfield out and dumped him down here, having no further use for him. And, if that's the _Pike_, and they're returning here, it's because they want Chatfield!" Copplestone suddenly recognized that feminine instinct had solved a problem which masculine reason had so far left unsolved. |