Dollops, with his usual knack for
making friends in the right direction, chummed up to one of the men--whom
I have already named--Jim Dobbs. He finally asked him to come and help
with the loading up of the boats, and gave him the chance of making a
little overtime by simply keeping his mouth shut as to what went on.
I managed to get on the job too, and we did it three times in that
fortnight--and a jolly difficult task we found it, I don't mind saying.
But I felt that evidence was necessary, and while in the employ of 'the
master' we carried on many investigations. And still in his service I
made this rough map of the varied turnings of the secret passage, and the
places to which they led. You can get a better idea of the ground if you
glance at it." He handed it up to the high desk, and paused a moment as
the judge surveyed it through his spectacles. "The passage at Merriton
Towers, and also at Withersby Hall--so conveniently placed near that
particular part of the Fens, and therefore chosen by Brellier for his
work--are both of ancient origin, dating back, I should say, to the time
of the civil war.
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