On the contrary.

What could he have said?
I could see he was observing the man very thoughtfully." "And so, Mr.Fyne listened, observed and meditated," I said.

"That's an excellent way of coming to a conclusion.

And may I ask at what conclusion he had managed to arrive?
On what ground did he cease to wonder at the inexplicable?
For I can't admit humanity to be the explanation.

It would be too monstrous." It was nothing of the sort, Mrs.Fyne assured me with some resentment, as though I had aspersed little Fyne's sanity.