"I wish you to be in perfect possession of yourself.

Restore your strength--and then I will speak to you." I did as he bade me.

In a minute from the time when I drank it the delicious sparkling wine had begun to revive me.
"Is it your express wish," he resumed, "that I should leave you here by yourself to search the room ?" "It is my express wish," I answered.
"I take a heavy responsibility on myself in granting your request.

But I grant it for all that, because I sincerely believe--as you believe--that the tranquillity of your life to come depends on your discovering the truth." Saying those words, he took two keys from his pocket.

"You will naturally feel a suspicion," he went on, "of any locked doors that you may find here.