It must have been an interesting moment to you." "Very interesting! Too interesting! I own that I am not made entirely of steel, sir, and the shock he received at finding a dead man awaiting him, instead of a live one, was more or less communicated to me.

Yet I stood my ground." "Admirable! I could have done no better myself.

And so this man who had an appointment with Mr.Adams was shocked, really shocked, at finding him lying there under a cross, dead ?" "Yes, there was no doubting that.

Shocked, surprised, terrified, and something more.

It is that something more which has proved my perplexity.