I realised that to expect otherwise from him or from any other man would be to play the fool; and this was no time for folly.

The day for that was passed.
I was the first to speak.
"You see me where you have never thought to see a friend of yours.

But we won't go into that.

The police have good reasons for what they have done and I presume feel justified in my commitment.

Notwithstanding, I am an innocent man so far as the attack made upon Miss Cumberland goes.