"But I'm very much afraid that for Mr.
Manley it's a far cry to Holloway.

We have no case against him whatever--not a scrap of a case that I can see." "Hang it all! It's as plain as a pikestaff! He's engaged to this woman--this Mrs.Truslove--who has a nice little income.

He hears that her income is to be halved; and we know that if an allowance begins by being halved, as likely as not it will be stopped altogether before long.
He saw that clearly enough.

Then in the very nick of time this cheque comes along.

He sends it to the bank with this letter of instructions, and murders Lord Loudwater so that he cannot disavow them.