You found him wrestling with that.

By evening he had brought his philosophy into play, and had probably decided to brace up and try again.

And that," he finished, "is the whole story of our young gentleman's erratic behavior." "I wonder I didn't think of it myself," I said.
Terry smiled and said nothing.
"Radnor is naturally not loquacious about the matter," he resumed presently.

"For one thing, because he does not wish to drag Polly's name into it, for another, I suppose he feels that if anyone is to do the explaining, she ought to be the one.

He supposed that she would be present at the inquest and that her testimony would bring out sufficient facts to clear him.