I have showed it to Captain Peters." The admiral took the paper and read it, and handed it, without a word, to General Wolfe.
"That is proof conclusive," he said.

"Peters, do you know the handwriting ?" "Yes," Captain Peters said gravely.

"I recognized it at once, as did Mr.Middleton.It is the handwriting of Lieutenant Horton." "But what on earth could be the motive of this unhappy young man ?" the admiral asked.
"I imagine, sir, from what I saw on the evening before Captain Walsham set out, and, indeed, from what Captain Walsham said when I questioned him, that it was a case of private enmity against Captain Walsham." "Is this so, Captain Walsham ?" General Wolfe asked.
"I have no enmity against him, sir," James said, "though I own that his manner impressed me with the idea that he regarded me as an enemy.

The fact is, we lived near each other as boys, and we had a fight.

I got the best of it.