Stapleton's in their school-mastering days, and has now escaped the
country. The man, like Mrs. Stapleon, spoke good English, but with a
curious lisping accent. Anthony is not a common name in England, while 
Antonio is so in all Spanish or Spanish-American countries. I have 
myself seen him cross the Mire by the path which Stapleton marked out.
"You may remember when I examined the note warning Sir Henry in London, 
that I held it close to my eyes. In so doing, I was conscious of a
faint smell of white jessamine, which suggested the presence of a lady,
and already my thoughts began to turn toward the Stapletons. Thus I had
made certain of the hound and had guessed at the criminal before ever we
went to the West Country.
"I could not come down openly, for fear of putting Stapleton on his 
guard.  I stayed for the most part in Coombe Tracey, and only used the
