17/22 "I never saw him nearer to the mill yesterday than he was when he looked at us. I don't think he went nearer. _He_ wouldn't make the mistake again," added Pike, half-contemptuously. "He knew which was his lordship fast enough to-day, and which wasn't." "Then what did you mean by insinuating that the blow on the temple was the result of violence ?" "I didn't say it was: I said it might have been. |