'i'm so glad;said thaddeus. miss morstan, your father had a very weak heart. if his heart had been stronger, he would have been alive today.'
miss morstan sat down and her face turned very white.
'i knew that he was dead;she said. there were tears in her eyes.
'please tell us why we have been brought here;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 i were his only children. we knew that captain morstan and our father had been very good friends in indian. my brother and i 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.