Lay it to my confusion of mind--to the great shock I had received, to anything but my own blood-guiltiness, and take up the matter as it now stands.

Can't you follow up my suggestion?
A witness can certainly be found who encountered that cutter and its occupant somewhere on the long stretch of open road between The Whispering Pines and the resident district." "Possibly.

It would help.

You have not asked for news from the Hill." The trembling which seized and shook me at these words testified to the shock they gave me.

"Carmel!" I cried.