"
"I didn't. I directed Jenny to have a hunt and she invited me to
help her. For the rest I have seen Robert Redmayne, for we may
safely speak of the unknown by that name, and I have come to a very
definite conclusion concerning Giuseppe Doria and the unfortunate
woman who is at present his wife."
A shadow of a smile passed over the great features of Peter.
He nodded and Mark proceeded to tell his story, beginning with the
adventure on the mountain. He omitted no detail and described his
talk with Doria, the latter's departure to join Jenny on their
expedition to Colico, and his own subsequent surprise and escape
from death. He told how he had been fired at and fallen, hoping to
tempt the other to him, how his assailant had disappeared, and how,
at a late hour, he had planned a dummy and seen Giuseppe Doria
arrive to bury him.
He narrated how Giuseppe and Robert Redmayne had departed after
their disappointment, how he had decided to give Giuseppe an account
of the adventure, in order that he might not guess that his share in
it was known; and he told how, on the morrow, the Dorias and himself
had returned to the spot and found the empty grave with foot-marks
of native boots about the margin.
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