But if I have, I do not feel in a position to discuss them.

For the present, discussion has to be limited to the facts and inferences offered by the parties concerned." "There!" exclaimed Jervis, rising to knock out his pipe, "that is where Thorndyke has you.

He lets you think you're in the very thick of the 'know' until one fine morning you wake up and discover that you have only been a gaping outsider; and then you are mightily astonished--and so are the other side, too, for that matter.

But we must really be off now, mustn't we, reverend senior ?" "I suppose we must," replied Thorndyke; and, as he drew on his gloves, he asked: "Have you heard from Barnard lately ?" "Oh, yes," I answered.

"I wrote to him at Smyrna to say that the practice was flourishing and that I was quite happy and contented, and that he might stay away as long as he liked.