Somehow or other, notwithstanding the growing estrangement with his wife which had ended in their virtual separation, he had still believed in her, still had faith in her, still had hope of an ultimate reconciliation.

And behind it all, he had loved her.

It seemed at that moment that a nightmare was being formed around him.

A new horror was creeping into his thoughts.

He had felt from the first a bitter dislike of Draconmeyer.