“Has Volna told you?” I asked.

“Yes; but I wish to hear it from you also.”

“A natural precaution,” I admitted; and then told him as succinctly as I could everything from the moment of the meeting at Bratinsk station.

He listened very closely, interposing some questions now and then, and when I finished lapsed into thought again.

Presently, with a smile, he said: “You have left some things unmentioned.”

“Not intentionally.”

“Descriptive of your own acts in places—at least, as told to me.”

“I have said all that need be said. Volna may take an exaggerated view of some things.”

“I think I have done you an injustice, Mr. Anstruther.”

“That is of no consequence.”