Only last night Ray had said nothing about coming to Braster.

Yet, there he was, without luggage, with his arm and head bound up.

Just like this I expected to see the man whom I had struck last night.
Now though Ray's attitude towards me was often puzzling, an absolute faith in his honesty was the one foundation which I had felt solid beneath my feet during these last few weeks of strange happenings.

This was the first blow which my faith had received, and I felt that at any cost I must know the truth.

After lunch I finished the papers which, when complete, it was my duty to lock away in the library safe up at the house, and secured them in my breast-pocket.