"One thing I can't understand though," Frank went on, "is how he appears
sane at times, and again is like a violent maniac and does not know me. I
am afraid of this. I am sure my father's mind is sound and good, and the
only way I can account for it is that they must do something to him at
times, to make him violent. It is to their interest to make him
altogether insane, so they can control the property."
"How do you account for those men I heard talking in the building the
time I was captured by the Upside Down Club?" asked Ned.
"I don't know who they were," Frank admitted, "but I am sure they were in
the plot. They were probably planning some details or they may have been
in Darewell to see my uncle. I believe he's in the plot."
"There's where I don't agree with you," said Bart. "Mr. Dent may seem to
be playing into the hands of the men, but I think you will find he has
been fooled by them. In fact, they admitted as much, according to what
Ned overheard."
"I hope so, but I will not trust him until I have my father safe,"
Frank went on.
He then related how Mr. Roscoe had told of his detention in the asylum,
his despair at never seeing his son again, of how he had heard of his
wife's death, and of his desire to escape.
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