Now tell me the circumstances." Geoffrey hesitated.

The art of stating circumstances implies the cultivation of a very rare gift--the gift of arranging ideas.

No one was better acquainted with this truth than Sir Patrick.

He was purposely puzzling Geoffrey at starting, under the firm conviction that his client had something to conceal from him.

The one process that could be depended on for extracting the truth, under those circumstances, was the process of interrogation.