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It must not be thought that during all this time Detective Bruce had overlooked Owen Skinner's possible connection with the mystery.
'Fernville Cottage' had been carefully watched by two local constables in plain clothes; but until the strange story of Mrs Dalbert's singular appearance in the haunted chamber had reached the ears of the detectives, there had been no positive grounds for making any special move in that quarter. A portion of Bruce's business in Sydney had been to find out how far he was authorised to go in regard to Skinner, and now in the unexplained absence of Seymour he bent his steps toward 'Fernville.'