I want to return home--to hear from my husband--to learn by letter or telegram whether he is indeed dead." Mr.Gryce had let her finish.

An inquiry so unofficial might easily await the moods of such a witness.

Not till the last word had been followed by what some there afterward called a hungry silence, did he make use of his prerogative to say: "I shall be pleased to release you and will do so just as soon as I can.
But I must put one or two more questions.

Were you interested in the Indian relics you had come among?
Did you handle any of them in passing ?" "No.

I had no interest.