At the third, Tayoga said: "Garay paused here and rested.

There is a drop of blood on the top rail.
He probably sat there and looked back to see if he was followed.

Ah, here is a splinter on a lower rail freshly broken!" "What do you make of it, Tayoga ?" "The spy was angry, angry that his effort, made at such great risk, should have failed through the mere chance of your coming into the room at that particular time.

He was angry, too, that he had bruised his hand so badly that it bled, and continued to bleed.

So, his disappointment made him grind his heel against the rail and break the splinter." "I'm glad he felt that way.