But--that's not all.

The second item is here--the railway folk at Cornhill are unanimous in declaring that by that same train which brought Phillips there, two men, strangers, that looked like tourist gentlemen, came as well, whose tickets were from--where d'ye think, then, Mr.Lindsey ?" "Peebles, of course," answered Mr.Lindsey.
"And you've guessed right!" exclaimed Chisholm, triumphantly; "Peebles it was--and now, how do you think this affair looks?
There's so many tourists on Tweedside this time of the year that nobody paid any great attention that night to these men, nor where they went.

But what could be plainer, d'ye think ?--of course, those two had tracked Phillips from the bank, and they followed him till they had him in yon place where he was found, and they murdered him--to rob him!".