I am sure that he was perfectly innocent.

And to-day he is in a madhouse.

They say that he will never recover." I did not wish to speak about these things, even with Lady Angela.

I tried to lead the conversation into other channels, but she absolutely ignored my attempt.
"There is something about it all so grimly mysterious," she said.

"It seems almost as though there must be a traitor, if not in the Council itself, in some special and privileged position." She looked up at me as though asking for confirmation of her views.