I am glad, said Thadd Sholto. Miss moratan, your father had a very weak heart. If his heart had been stronger, he would have been alive today Miss Morslan sat down and her face turned very white knew that he was dead, she said. There were tears in her eyes Please tell us why we have been brought he said Miss Morstan My father, Sholto said, 'was Major sholto of the Indian Army. He retired from the army about eleven years ago. My brother, Bartholomew, and l were his only children. We knew that Captain Morstan and our father had been very good friends in India. My brother and 1 also knew that our father was afraid of something. He never went out alone. He often spoke about a man with a wooden leg who followed him. He seemed very afraid of this man. One day in 1882, our father received a letter from India. This letter upset him very much. He became ill. Every day he grew weaker At last, he was dying. He asked to see me and my brother. He said that he wanted to tell us the truth about Captain Morstan's death. When Father was in India with Captain Morstan, they found a great treasure. It was called the Great Agra Treasure. The jewels in this treasure were worth more than a million pounds. Father brought the Agra Treasure back to England. Morstan followed him and came at once to the house to ask for his share. But the treasure had made Father greedy. He wanted to keep it all for himself. They had a terrible argument. Father knew that Morstan's heart was weak. Suddenly, the colour of Morstan's face changed. Father saw at once that Morstan was dead. He did not know what to do. He decided to say nothing. He hid the body and he also hid the Great Agra Treasure.