He evidently thought Sebastian ought to have stood by him.

His colleague preferred the claims of public duty--as he understood them, I mean--to those of private friendship.

It was a very sad case--for Yorke-Bannerman was really a charming fellow.

But I confess I WAS relieved when he died unexpectedly on the morning of his arrest.

It took off my shoulders a most serious burden." "You think, then, the case would have gone against him ?" "My dear Hubert," his whole face puckered with an indulgent smile, "of course the case must have gone against us.