He must know the truth.

If it concerned him as closely as he divined, the occasion to conceal it was surely gone by with this night's event.

Then Robbie Anderson,--what did he mean?
Ralph recalled some dim memory of the young dalesman asking about his father.

Robbie was kind to Sim, too, when the others shunned him.

What did it all mean?
With a heavy heart Ralph began to undress.