After leaving Unorna at the convent, the Wanderer had not hesitated as to the course he should pursue.

It was quite clear that the only person to whom he could apply at the present juncture was Keyork Arabian.

Had he been at liberty to act in the most natural and simple way, he would have applied to the authorities for a sufficient force with which to take Israel Kafka into custody as a dangerous lunatic.

He was well aware, however, that such a proceeding must lead to an inquiry of a more or less public nature, of which the consequences might be serious, or at least extremely annoying, to Unorna.

Of the inconvenience to which he might himself be exposed, he would have taken little account, though his position would have been as difficult to explain as any situation could be.