Dunn told himself, at any rate, the error would have the result of
turning all suspicion away from him, and yet he still seemed very
disturbed and ill at ease.
"Has Mr. Clive been here long?" he asked.
"It must be four or five years since his father bought the place,"
answered his new acquaintance. "Then, when the old man was killed
a year ago, Mr. John inherited everything."
"Old Mr. Clive was killed, was he?" asked Dunn, and his voice
sounded very strange in the darkness. "How was that?"
"Accident to his motor-car," the other replied. "I don't hold with
them things myself--give me a good horse, I say. People didn't
like the old man much, and some say Mr. John's too fond of taking
the high hand. But don't cross him and he won't cross you, that's
his motto and there's worse."
Dunn agreed and asked one or two more questions about the details
of the accident to old Mr. Clive, in which he seemed very interested.
But he did not get much more information about that concerning which
his new friend evidently knew very little. However, he gave Dunn a
few more facts concerning Mr. John Clive, as that he was unmarried,
was said to be very wealthy, and had the reputation of being
something of a ladies' man.
A little further on they parted, and Dunn took a side road which he
calculated should lead him back to Bittermeads.
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