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They appear to have avoided the society of the neighbouring

English families and to have led retired lives, though both the

McCarthys were fond of sport and were frequently seen at the

race-meetings of the neighbourhood. McCarthy kept two servants-a

man and a girl. Turner had a considerable household, some

half-dozen at the least. That is as much as I have been able to

gather about the families. Now for the facts.

"On June 3rd, that is, on Monday last, McCarthy left his house at

Hatherley about three in the afternoon and walked down to the

Boscombe Pool, which is a small lake formed by the spreading out

of the stream which runs down the Boscombe Valley. He had been

out with his serving-man in the morning at Ross, and he had told

the man that he must hurry, as he had an appointment of

importance to keep at three. From that appointment he never came

back alive.