yed on society, and who by some mischance had a pure
and good daughter like Anne. To keep her from knowing how bad he
was--and the man apparently valued her affection--he sent her to be a
governess. She believed in him, not knowing how he was plotting to get
the Powell money.

Certainly Walter had resided in Florence under the name of Denham. Ware
quite believed this, and guessed that he did so in order to keep an eye
on his brother George, who was to inherit the Powell money. Probably he
knew beforehand that Powell was ill, and so had feigned death that he
might carry out his scheme without Anne's knowledge. That scheme was to
impersonate his brother; and Giles trembled to think of how he proposed
to get rid of George when the time was ripe. He must have intended to
murder him, for since he had slain Daisy with so little compunction, he
certainly would not stick at a second crime.

However, thus Giles argued, the first step to secure the money was for
him to feign death and thus get rid of Anne. Then he came to London, and
as Wilson stopped with Mrs. Benker in order to spy on the Ashers
through Alexander. As soon as he knew for certain that Powell was dead
and that the money was coming to Daisy, he came down to Rickwell on the
errand of serving the summons, and then had lured the girl outside of
the church to kill her. But for Anne following him, he would have
disappeared into the night and no one would have been the wiser.

But the appearance of his daughter in the library upset his plans. She
followed him into the church and came out to find him near the dead
body. He certainly made an excuse, but Giles believed that such was a
lie. If he had confessed to the crime, even Anne might not have stopped
with him. But here Giles remembered that at the time of the flight Anne
really believed that her father was guilty. At all events he had made
use of her to get away, and thus had reached the yacht at Gravesend. It
was waiting for him there, in order that he might fly after the crime
was committed. Perhaps he intended to walk to Tilbury, and crossing the
Thames get on board the yacht before the hue-and-cry was out. Anne
hampered his plans in some measure and then, by means of the stolen
motor-car, assisted them. Thus the man had got away, and by the murder
of the girl had opened the way to George inheriting the money.

"They went to Paris," mused Giles, "then to Florence. I daresay this
Walter intended to send Anne away