Does 'Of course I had a watch kept on Mr. Inglethorp, hoping that sooner or later he would lead me to the hiding-place. ' exist in a separate context from 'There is no way to tell where he is.', without logical interdependence?
Of course I had a watch kept on Mr. Inglethorp, hoping that sooner or later he would lead me to the hiding-place. ###There is no way to tell where he is.