How far is it from here ?" "Come through into my rear office," suggested Mr.Ripley, "and I can show you the spot from a window.

Come along, Prescott, and tell me if I'm right.

Hello! There seems to be some trouble up that way," added Mr.Ripley, as he reached one of the windows at the rear.
"There's a fire up there under the hill," cried Dick Prescott, as he pressed forward to another window.

"Mr.Ripley, from the location of the smoke, I should say that the cottage itself is afire!" "And I believe you're right," agreed the lawyer.
"Poor Amos!" groaned the tall man.

"The poor fellow may have set fire to the place to destroy himself! Ripley, I can't wait here, inactive, another second.