You want to know what has happened.

I will tell you.

Ermsted--you know Ermsted--was shot in the jungle near Khanmulla this afternoon, about half an hour ago." "Oh, Everard!" She started back in horror and was struck afresh by the awful intentness of his eyes.
"Yes," he said.

"And if I had been here to receive that message, I could have prevented it." "Oh, Everard!" she said again.
He went on doggedly.

"I ought to have been here.