The sentry, the Sergeant of the guard, and the Lieutenant all insisted that I was guilty.

They permitted me no opportunity to explain.

I thought it just as well to remain quiet, and let the affair straighten itself out." "Yet your action threw us completely off the trail," broke in McDonald impatiently.

"It permitted the really guilty parties to escape.

Did you see any one ?" "Black smudges merely, Major, apparently running toward the ravine.