Turk regarded me with surprise.
'An early visitor, Chris,' he said.
'Yes,' I answered; 'I have come on some very particular business. When do you pay the balance of your debt to Mr. Glover?'
'I expect him here at twelve o'clock. I shall pay him then.'
'Can you give me half an hour or so of your undivided attention, Turk?'
'Certainly I can: a couple of hours, if you want them.'
'Then sit down, and read this quietly,' I said, handing him the Remarkable Confession, 'and don't make a remark upon it until you have finished.'
He read it attentively, and returned it to me with a thoughtful look.
'It is cut from an old newspaper, printed a good many years ago, Turk. Do you find anything singular in it?'
'I do; something very singular indeed; but how on earth did you come across it, Chris?'