Then Lawyer Ripley stepped into the group.
"Fred, what on earth does this mean ?" demanded the lawyer, staring hard.
"That's just what we thought you might like to find out, sir," Dick replied.

"We've been away from camp all day, and just came back to this scene, Mr.Ripley.

You are something of an expert in the matter of evidence, sir.

Will you kindly tell us what you make out of this?
There is our tent cut down.

There are all of our food supplies in a pile, except what you see scattered about on the ground.