The general character and dimensions of the bones seem to suggest a middle-aged man of about your brother's height, and the date of deposition appears to be in agreement with the date of his disappearance." "Is it known, then, when they were deposited ?" Mr.Bellingham asked.
"In the case of those found at Sidcup it seems possible to deduce an approximate date.

The watercress-bed was cleaned out about two years ago, so they could not have been lying there longer than that; and their condition suggests that they could not have been there much less than two years, as there is apparently not a vestige of the soft structures left.

Of course, I am speaking from the newspaper reports only; I have no direct knowledge of the matter." "Have they found any considerable part of the body yet?
I haven't been reading the papers myself.

My little friend, Miss Oman, brought a great bundle of 'em for me to read, but I couldn't stand it; I pitched the whole boiling of 'em out of the window." I thought I detected a slight twinkle in Thorndyke's eye, but he answered quite gravely: "I think I can give you the particulars from memory, though I won't guarantee the dates.

The original discovery was made, apparently quite accidentally, at Sidcup on the fifteenth of July.