I say, though that _might_ have been an accident, it might have been done by an enemy." "Did you do it ?" retorted Lord Hartledon in his displeasure.
Pike gave a short laugh.
"I did not.

I had no cause to harm him.

What I'm thinking was, whether anybody else had.

He was mistaken for another yesterday," continued Pike, dropping his voice.

"Some men in his lordship's place might have showed fight then: even blows." Percival made no immediate rejoinder.