And that leads up to my theory--which I'll now tell you in confidence--if you wish for it." "It's what I particularly wish for," observed Jettison quietly.

"The very thing!" "Then, it's this," said Bryce.

"Ransford was the close friend who tricked and deceived Brake: "He probably tricked him in some money affair, and deceived him in his domestic affairs.

I take it that Ransford ran away with Brake's wife, and that Brake, sooner than air all his grievance to the world, took it silently and began to concoct his ideas of revenge.

I put the whole thing this way.