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The
thoughtful
captain
of
infantry
now
became
a
conspicuous
figure
,
by
suggesting
that
some
inquiry
should
be
made
,
as
to
what
direction
had
been
last
taken
by
the
man
who
was
supposed
to
be
murdered
.
Who
last
saw
Henry
Poindexter
?
His
father
and
cousin
were
first
appealed
to
.
The
former
had
last
seen
his
son
at
the
supper
table
;
and
supposed
him
to
have
gone
thence
to
his
bed
.
The
answer
of
Calhoun
was
less
direct
,
and
,
perhaps
,
less
satisfactory
.
He
had
conversed
with
his
cousin
at
a
later
hour
,
and
had
bidden
him
good
night
,
under
the
impression
that
he
was
retiring
to
his
room
.
Why
was
Calhoun
concealing
what
had
really
occurred
?
Why
did
he
refrain
from
giving
a
narration
of
that
garden
scene
to
which
he
had
been
witness
?
Was
it
,
that
he
feared
humiliation
by
disclosing
the
part
he
had
himself
played
?
Whatever
was
the
reason
,
the
truth
was
shunned
;
and
an
answer
given
,
the
sincerity
of
which
was
suspected
by
more
than
one
who
listened
to
it
.
The
evasiveness
might
have
been
more
apparent
,
had
there
been
any
reason
for
suspicion
,
or
had
the
bystanders
been
allowed
longer
time
to
reflect
upon
it
.
While
the
inquiry
was
going
on
,
light
came
in
from
a
quartet
hitherto
unthought
of
.
The
landlord
of
the
Rough
and
Ready
,
who
had
come
uncalled
to
the
council
,
after
forcing
his
way
through
the
crowd
,
proclaimed
himself
willing
to
communicate
some
facts
worth
their
hearing
--
in
short
,
the
very
facts
they
were
endeavouring
to
find
out
:
when
Henry
Poindexter
had
been
last
seen
,
and
what
the
direction
he
had
taken
.
Oberdoffer
's
testimony
,
delivered
in
a
semi-Teutonic
tongue
,
was
to
the
effect
:
that
Maurice
the
mustanger
--
who
had
been
staying
at
his
hotel
ever
since
his
fight
with
Captain
Calhoun
--
had
that
night
ridden
out
at
a
late
hour
,
as
he
had
done
for
several
nights
before
.
