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When Mr. Gray returned with his son Walter and Mr. Talbot he brought the news that Kenneth Oswald was fully committed for trial in spite of his uncle's confident belief in his innocence, for there were so many strong points against him. Mrs. Oswald, on the other hand, believed her son had been murdered by his cousin.
At Wilta it was an open question with all who discussed it whether it was not rather accident or suicide. The livery-stable-keeper's remark to Ellerton was repeated at the inquest, that Jim seemed very much out of spirits and out of temper, and said that it would not take much to make him blow out his brains. Mr. Walter Gray recollected that it was after an interview with Mrs. Ellerton in the garden that Jim Oswald had gone straight to Castlehurst, and sat drinking steadily till he started for home.