But he must do so, he knew, to let the boy have a fair trial against himself.

Be it said, moreover, that the baronet's possession of his son's secret flattered him.

It allowed him to act, and in a measure to feel, like Providence; enabled him to observe and provide for the movements of creatures in the dark.

He therefore treated the boy as he commonly did, and Richard saw no change in his father to make him think he was suspected.
The youngster's game was not so easy against Adrian.

Adrian did not shoot or fish.