Had I made a mistake?
Was it not the doctor, but somebody else?
Mr.Bruff, for instance?
No! an unerring instinct told me it was not Mr.Bruff.

Whoever he was, he was still talking to himself.

I parted the heavy curtains the least little morsel in the world, and listened.
The words I heard were, "I'll do it to-day!" And the voice that spoke them was Mr.Godfrey Ablewhite's..