Could it be possible that Gedge thought himself the sole repository of the secret which Boyce had so desperately confided to me?
But when had the life of Gedge and the military life of Leonard Boyce crossed?
It was puzzling.
Well, to tell the truth, I thought no more about the matter.

The glow of Mrs.Boyce's happiness remained with me all the evening.

Rarely had I seen her so animated, so forgetful of her own ailments.

She had taken the rosiest view of Leonard's physical condition and sunned herself in the honour conferred on him by the King.

I had never spent a pleasanter afternoon at her house.