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Sir Francis hesitated for a moment, and then answered: "It is true, I had the remains removed." "Was there an inquest?" "No. SIR FRANCIS HESITATED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN ANSWERED IT IS TRUE I HAD THE REMAINS REMOVED WAS THERE AN INQUEST NO
ounds no trace of them was to be discovered. They must have found at once, and run in a different direction. At three o'clock, after we had eaten our sandwiches, Lynton reluctantly abandoned all hopes of falling in with the hounds, and said we would return home by a slightly different route. We had not descended the hill before we came on an old chalk quarry and the remains of a disused kiln. I recollected the spot at once. I had been here with Sir Francis on my former visit, many years ago. "Why--bless me!" said I. "Do you remember, Lynton, what happened here when I was with you before? There had been men engaged removing chalk, and they came on a skeleton under some depth of rubble. We went together to see it removed, and you said you would have it preserved till it could be examined by some ethnologist or anthropologist, one or other of those dry-as-dusts, to decide whether the remains are dolichocephalous or brachycephalous, whether British, Danish, or--modern. What was the result? ERE LYNTON HAD EXPECTED TO MEET THE HOUNDS NO TRACE OF THEM WAS TO BE DISCOVERED THEY MUST HAVE FOUND AT ONCE AND RUN IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AT THREE O'CLOCK AFTER WE HAD EATEN OUR SANDWICHES LYNTON RELUCTANTLY ABANDONED ALL HOPES OF FALLING IN WITH THE HOUNDS AND SAID WE WOULD RETURN HOME BY A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE WE HAD NOT DESCENDED THE HILL BEFORE WE CAME ON AN OLD CHALK QUARRY AND THE REMAINS OF A DISUSED KILN I RECOLLECTED THE SPOT AT ONCE I HAD BEEN HERE WITH SIR FRANCIS ON MY FORMER VISIT MANY YEARS AGO WHY BLESS ME SAID I DO YOU REMEMBER LYNTON WHAT HAPPENED HERE WHEN I WAS WITH YOU BEFORE THERE HAD BEEN MEN ENGAGED REMOVING CHALK AND THEY HAD COME ON A SKELETON UNDER SOME DEPTH OF RUBBLE WE WENT TOGETHER TO SEE IT REMOVED AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD HAVE IT PRESERVED TILL IT COULD BE EXAMINED BY SOME ETHNOLOGIST OR ANTHROPOLOGIST ONE OR OTHER OF THOSE DRY AS DUSTS TO DECIDE WHETHER REMAINS ARE DELICOCEPHALUS OR BRACEPHALUS WHETHER BRITISH DANISH OR MODERN WHAT WAS THE RESULT
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