I shan't ask you to respect my confidence--I've sufficient trust in you to know that you will, without any asking.
Listen!--on that morning, Dr.Ransford went out of the surgery in the direction of the Deanery, leaving me alone there.

A few minutes later, a tap came at the door.

I opened it--and found--a man standing outside!" "Not--that man ?" asked Mary fearfully.
"That man--Braden," replied Bryce.

"He asked for Dr.Ransford.I said he was out--would the caller leave his name?
He said no--he had called because he had once known a Dr.Ransford, years before.

He added something about calling again, and he went away--across the Close towards the Cathedral.