'He is impenetrable,' thought the doctor.
'I think the portrait of the nurse is hanging there, isn't it, carrying an infant?'
His three hearers exchanged glances quickly.
He smiled. 'There,' he said, 'is evidence for you.'
'Strange,' said Dr. Cruden; and Shady advanced to the door. All attempts on the part of the doctor to induce the stranger to return to his house and become his guest were unavailing.
'No,' he replied; 'I will be Sir Valary's guest, though he shall not know it. My plaid is an excellent soldier's bed, and I shall sleep soundly among the shadows of the house of De la Mark.'
'I really believe he is a true man,' said the doctor to Marjory, as they walked towards the tower, Shady following to obtain the keys.
'There is a frankness in his manner,' replied Marjory, 'that quite fascinated me when I first met him.'