The Castle Inn - Page 124/559

'Fine talk!' Mr. Dunborough retorted, with a faint attempt at a sneer,

'when you know as well as I do that I have no more idea where the girl

is or what has become of her than that snuff-box. And d--n me!' he

continued sharply, his eyes on the box, which Sir George still held in

his hand, 'whose is the snuff-box, and how did she get it? That is what

I want to know? And why did she leave it in the carriage? If we had

found it dropped in the road now, and that kerchief round it, I could

understand that! But in the carriage. Pho! I believe I am not the only

one in this!'