He may be dead.

I suppose he is dead; or he would have come to make another attempt at getting money out of me." "You have never taken any measures for finding him ?" inquired Gilbert.
"No.

If he wanted me, he knew where I was to be found.

_I_ was a fixture.
It was his business to come to me.

When I saw the name of Marian Nowell in your advertisement a week ago, I felt curious to know whether it could be my grandchild you were looking for.