Was that Carroll or Carruthers?
Did he throw anything into the lake?
And if so, what ?" Mr.Whitney gazed dubiously at the detective for a moment, then began to whistle softly, while he slowly shook his head.
"No, Merrick; you've got me there! I never have had enough experience in this line that I could go into the detail work.

I have to be guided by the main points in the case.

Then, again, I gave Brown's testimony very little thought, as I considered him unreliable and irresponsible." "Well, to come back to the 'main points,' then: what reasons have you for connecting Mrs.LaGrange and Hobson with this affair that might not apply equally well in the cases of certain other people ?" "What reason?
Why, man alive! there is every reason to consider Mrs.LaGrange the instigator of the whole affair.

In the first place, her one object and aim for the past seventeen or eighteen years has been to get hold of Hugh Mainwaring's property, to secure for herself and her son what she calls their 'rights'-- " "That is the point," Merrick interrupted.

"You consider her guilty because she would be interested in securing a hold upon the property, although she, personally, has no claim whatever.