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It was unfortunate for Brendon and his little party that upon the afternoon of the night from which they had all escaped from Hoon Castle, a dreadful double murder had been committed in Marleck, and the murderer was believed to have escaped in the direction of the river towns. A small shop-keeper and his wife had been killed under most brutal circumstances and the public indignation had been roused to fever-pitch.
The murderer was known, and it was surmised by the police that he would go into hiding somewhere not very far from the river where his people lived.