I could have told the doctor, or even Mr Jarman.

But to be questioned thus by a representative of the law was too much for my delicate nerves.
"Really, it wasn't me," said I.

"I didn't do it, and don't know who did.

I only went to get a blazer, and left it there directly Mr Jarman told me to do so." "A blazer ?" said the policeman, with the air of a man who has made a discovery.

"What sort of a thing is that?
A blazer?
Was it alight ?" Here Tempest laughed irreverently, much to the displeasure of the policeman.