It was not until after that adventure that I began to see deep into the wretched soul of Tom Reddon.
"Then came the most villainous part of the whole conspiracy.

Reddon, knowing full well that exposure was possible at any time, urged my stepfather to have you kidnaped and hurried off to some part of the world where you could never be found.

Even Reddon did not have the courage to kill you.

Neither had the heart to commit actual murder.

It was while we were at Colonel Randall's place that the abduction took place, you remember.