Surely more is known of them than this . '' `` Precious little . The truth is , Mr. Douglas , folks do n't think the Olivers respectable and do n't want to have anything to do with them . Eighteen years ago Captain Anthony came from goodness knows where , bought the Four Winds point , and built that house . He said he 'd been a sailor all his life and could n't live away from the water . He brought his wife and child and an old cousin of his with him . This Lynde was n't more than two years old then . People went to call but they never saw any of the women and the Captain let them see they were n't wanted . Some of the men who 'd been working round the place saw his wife and said she was sickly but real handsome and like a lady , but she never seemed to want to see anyone or be seen herself . There was a story that the Captain had been a smuggler and that if he was caught he 'd be sent to prison . Oh , there were all sorts of yarns , mostly coming from the men who worked there , for nobody else ever got inside the house . Well , four years ago his wife disappeared -- it was n't known how or when . She just was n't ever seen again , that 's all . Whether she died or was murdered or went away nobody ever knew . There was some talk of an investigation but nothing came of it . As for the girl , she 's always lived there with her father . She must be a perfect heathen . He never goes anywhere , but there used to be talk of strangers visiting him -- queer sort of characters who came up the lake in vessels from the American side . I have n't heard any reports of such these past few years , though -- not since his wife disappeared . He keeps a yacht and goes sailing in it -- sometimes he cruises about for weeks -- that 's about all he ever does .
And now you know as much about the Olivers as I do , Mr. XXXXX . ''
American Anthony Captain Douglas Lynde Winds murdered old weeks years