148/197 Am I not right ?" "Yes; it's plain enough, isn't it? He had been very willing to leave the burden of this painful inquiry to the man who had no personal feelings to contend with; but at this indignant cry he started forward, and, with an air of fatherly persuasion, remarked kindly: "You mustn't mind the official tone, or the official persistence. There is reason for all that Mr.Fox says. Answer him frankly, and this inquiry will terminate speedily. We have no wish to harry you--only to get at the truth." "The truth? |