Before midnight the murder was done.
What became of him, why he did not keep his appointment, I do not know.
He left the inn very late, paid his score, and has never been seen or heard of since.
"Had he any interest in Lady Kingsland's death ?" "On the contrary, all his interest lay in her remaining alive.

While she lived, he held a secret which she intended to pay him well to keep.
Her death blights all his pecuniary prospects, and Mr.Parmalee loved money." "Miss Silver, who was the female who accompanied Mr.Parmalee from London, and who quitted the Blue Bell Inn with him late on the night of the tenth ?" Again Sybilla hesitated, looked down, and seemed confused.
"It is not necessary, is it ?" said she, pleadingly.

"I had rather not tell.

It--it is connected with the secret, and I am bound by a promise----" "Which I think we must persuade you to break," interrupted the debonair attorney.

"I think this secret will throw a light on the matter, and we must have it.