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On the whole, things were going quite as well with Charteris as he had expected. Already he had decided in his mind what had happened at Abbey Close, and what was likely to transpire in the future. If Ralph could have looked into his friend's mind now, he would have been startled to see what was there. Ralph had planned many ingenious situations in his life, but it is doubtful if any of them was as weird and ingenious as the idea which occupied Dick Charteris's practical brain at that moment. He smiled as he walked along.
So far everything had fallen out as he had anticipated. He had made up his mind that Stephen Holt had stolen his sister's letters before he went down to confront Ralph and try to force him to give up Enid.