'Then you mean to run away ?' he gasped.

'But, in Heaven's name, why ?' 'For an obvious reason.

Yesterday I believed that I could meet the charge.

But something has happened since then, and I know now that I can't.' Fielding started back.

'Do you mean to tell me, as man to man, that the accusation's true.' 'As man to man,' repeated Drake steadily, 'I tell you that it is true.' Fielding stared at him for a minute.