'Yes; he insisted on that. And he insisted on my coming with him. I could not refuse.'
'And now he, too, is gone! Tell me, was he expecting it—his own death?'
Darcy lighted another cigarette.
'Who can say?' he observed to the ceiling. 'Who can say what premonitions such a man may not have had?'
'I heard talking before I came into the flat from the balcony,' said Hugo abruptly. 'It went on for a long time. Was it you and he?'
'No,' the doctor replied; 'I was in here, writing.' He pointed to some papers on a desk. 'I did not even hear him fall.'
'Yet you heard me?'
'No, I didn't. I was just coming to find out what Tudor was doing when I saw you.'
'It is curious that I heard talking, and walking about, too.'
'Possibly he was talking to himself. Did you hear two voices?'