He was, of
course, ignorant of all that had happened since he had left, and
Frank told him.
"I have no doubt whatever that she has been carried off," he said,
"and there is only one man who could have done it."
"That villain, Carthew," George Lechmere exclaimed.
"Yes, he is the man I suspect, George. I heard this evening that he
had been hit tremendously hard on the turf at Goodwood. He would
think that if he could force Miss Greendale to marry him it would
retrieve his fortune, and would, moreover, satisfy his vindictive
spirit for the manner in which she had rejected him, and in
addition give him another triumph over me."
"That is it, sir. I have no doubt that that is it. But his yacht is
not here--at least I have not seen her."
"No, I am sure that she is not here; but I believe, for all that,
that Miss Greendale must have been taken on board a yacht. They
never would have dared to land her in Cowes. Of course, I made
inquiries as a matter of form at the landing places, but as she
knew the way to Dr. Maddison's, and as the streets were full of
people at the time she landed, they could never have attempted to
use violence, especially as she had her maid with her.
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