That would have accounted for his stealthy movements and also for the uneasiness of his wife.

The man is a striking-looking fellow, very well equipped to steal the heart of a country girl, so that this theory seemed to have something to support it.

That opening of the door which I had heard after I had returned to my room might mean that he had gone out to keep some clandestine appointment.

So I reasoned with myself in the morning, and I tell you the direction of my suspicions, however much the result may have shown that they were unfounded.
But whatever the true explanation of Barrymore's movements might be, I felt that the responsibility of keeping them to myself until I could explain them was more than I could bear.

I had an interview with the baronet in his study after breakfast, and I told him all that I had seen.