He said: "Go on!" Accordingly, I told him every detail, even of the slightest which I could remember, of what had happened from the moment of my arrival at the house.

Of course I said nothing of my feeling towards Margaret, and spoke only concerning those things already within his own knowledge.

With regard to Corbeck, I simply said that he had brought back some lamps of which he had been in quest.

Then I proceeded to tell him fully of their loss, and of their re-discovery in the house.
He listened with a self-control which, under the circumstances, was to me little less than marvellous.

It was impassiveness, for at times his eyes would flash or blaze, and the strong fingers of his uninjured hand would grip the sheet, pulling it into far-extending wrinkles.