We didn't watch him on purpose, neither.

When the down-train had gone, me and my mate sat down to smoke our pipes, and from where we were we could see right across the moors in this direction.

We saw Stoner--now and then, you understand--right away to Chat Bank." "You didn't notice any suspicious characters come to your station that afternoon or evening ?" asked the superintendent.
The ticket-collector replied that nothing of that sort had been seen, and he presently went away.

And Brereton, after an unimportant word or two, went away too, certain by that time that the death of Stoner had some sinister connexion with the murder of Kitely..