"But now--mark me well, girls!--a Nemesis was on the track of this wicked sinner.

After many years the man Captain Wegg had wronged, or stolen from, or something, discovered his enemy's hiding place.

He promptly killed the Captain, and probably recovered the money, for it's gone.

Old Thompson, Ethel's grandfather, happened to be present.

The murderer also took his money, and--" "Oh, Louise! That isn't reasonable," objected Beth, who had been following the story carefully.
"Why not ?" "Because you are making the wronged party as wicked as the man who wronged him.