Dopey Eddie and Izzy the Cat had attacked him, no doubt intending to earn the money which Elmer had promised them.

He beat them off.

In fact, he caned them soundly.

But they still continued to dog him.
"Mr.Ward here, who handled the case, soon reported to me that he believed Reginald Maltravers to be insane." "Insane he was," cried Lady Agatha.

"I have seen the light of insanity in his eye, gleaming through his accursed monocle." She spoke with vehemence.