"It is a very painful disclosure, but I think it is inevitable.

Do you not agree with me, Austin ?" "Do not ask my opinion," his brother coldly replied.

"It is for you to decide." Robert Turold paused irresolutely.

"What do you say, Ravenshaw ?" he said, glancing round at the silent figure of the doctor.

"I asked you to be present this afternoon to have the benefit of your advice.