Illumination frequently comes from the most unexpected quarter." "Very well, then, let us put the old man's joy down as one of the mysteries to be explained later.

Have you thought of him as a possible accomplice ?" "Certainly; but this supposition is open to the same objection as that which made him the motive power in this murder.

One is not driven insane by an expected horror.

It takes shock to unsettle the brain.

He was not looking for the death of his master." "True.