CHAPTER VIII.
REVELATIONS Hume and Winter did not meet on terms that might be strictly described as cordial.
Brett, on quitting the Hall, had surrendered himself to a spell of vacant bewilderment.

He haled the unwilling Hume from Helen's society, and picked up the detective at the Wheat Sheaf Inn.

Then the barrister, from sheer need of mental relief, determined to have some fun with them.
"You two ought to know each other," he said good-humouredly.

"At one time you took keen interest in matters of mutual concern.

Allow me to introduce you.