9/14 He and Mrs.Craig saw them as they came to the door, covered with snow. They were walking." "Oh, you were at the party, Mr.Craig? "If there had been any trouble, I should most likely have heard something of it." "I had my information from a gentleman who was there," said the other. "A trifling incident but half understood will often give rise to exaggerated reports--so exaggerated that but little of the original truth remains in them. The general may have done something under the excitement of wine that gave color to the story now in circulation. |