Now I propose that we confide in you.

If Mr.Ross agrees, I shall ask him to tell you.

He is more skilled than I am in putting facts before other people.

He can speak by his brief; and in this case he has the best of all briefs, the experience of his own eyes and ears, and the evidence that he has himself taken on the spot from participators in, or spectators of, what has happened.

When you know all, you will, I hope, be in a position to judge as to whether you can best help Mr.Trelawny, and further his secret wishes, by your silence or your speech." I nodded approval.