"There is no reason why you should not know the truth.

Near that wood occurred the tragedy which drove me from England for so many years." "I am deeply grieved," the Prince began-- "It is false sentiment to avoid allusions to it," Dominey interrupted.
"I was attacked there one night by a man who had some cause for offence against me.

We fought, and I reached home in a somewhat alarming state.
My condition terrified my wife so much that she has been an invalid ever since.

But here is the point which has given birth to all these superstitions, and which made me for many years a suspected person.

The man with whom I fought has never been seen since." Terniloff was at once too fascinated by the story and puzzled by his host's manner of telling it to maintain his apologetic attitude.
"Never seen since!" he repeated.
"My own memory as to the end of our fight is uncertain," Dominey continued.