And this, of course, was soon made evident.

What there was to tell of the dead man, up to that time, was little.

There was the medical evidence that he had been stabbed to death by a blow from a very formidable knife or dagger, which had been driven into his heart from behind.

There was the evidence which Chisholm and I had collected in Peebles and at Cornhill station, and at the inn across the Coldstream Bridge.

There was the telegram which had been sent by Mr.Gavin Smeaton--whoever he might be--from Dundee.