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It remains to be seen whether his astuteness will serve against the search to be resumed on the morrow . Two questions in chief , correlative , occupy them : `` Who killed Clancy ? '' and `` What has been the motive for killing him ? '' To the former , none of them would have thought of answering `` Dick Darke , '' -- that is when starting out on the search near noon . Now that night is on , and they have returned from it , his name is on every lip . At first only in whispers , and guarded insinuations ; but gradually pronounced in louder tone , and bolder speech -- this approaching accusation . Still the second question remains unanswered : -- `` Why should Dick Darke have killed Charley Clancy ? ''