"But--he'll be getting a glass too much again, some day, and then--then, perhaps he'll add to what he said before.

And--you'll be sure to hear of it." "I'm not certain of that," answered Mitchington.

"I made some inquiry and I find that Collishaw is usually a very sober and retiring sort of chap--he'd been lured on to drink when he let out what he did.

Besides, whether I'm right or wrong, I got the idea into my head that he'd already been--squared!" "Squared!" exclaimed Bryce.

"Why, then, if that affair was really murder, he'd be liable to being charged as an accessory after the fact!" "I warned him of that," replied Mitchington.