He did not know that it was merely by the influence of this difference (of which perhaps he was less conscious than any of them) that they were provoked to question him.

Hutchins, the landlord, sat at the back of the room on his high office chair.
"Good evening, Principal," said he.

"Glad to see you in the place again, sir.

Have you heard of a place called Turrifs Road Station?
'Tain't on our map." Trenholme gave the questioner a severe glance of inquiry.

The scene outside, and his proposed inquiry concerning it, passed from his mind, for he had no means of divining that this question referred to it.