"His behaviour from the first was the behaviour of a madman." "The Eugene Aram type of village schoolmaster gradually drifting into positive insanity," Mangan acquiesced.

"So far, every one is agreed.

The mystery began when he came back from his holidays and heard the news." "The sequel was perfectly simple," Dominey observed.

"We met at the north end of the Black Wood one evening, and he attacked me like a madman.

I suppose I had to some extent the best of it, but when I got back to the Hall my arm was broken, I was covered with blood, and half unconscious.