"And you went on?"
"I didn't hear him reply,—he usually says, 'All right, Mac,' so I repeated my call. Then, when he didn't respond that time, I knocked at his door."
"Fearing something was wrong?"
"N-no,—not wrong,— I think I just wanted him to say something——"
"Why were you so anxious he should say something?" This last from Weston, with a direct glance.
"Why, good Lord, man," Thorpe's eyes blazed, "because I am accustomed to a reply, and when it didn't come, I naturally wondered why."
"Didn't you think he might merely be asleep?"
"I didn't think anything about that. I acted on impulse. I didn't hear him, and I wanted to see him."
"And you did? You opened the door?"
"Yes, after I knocked twice,—then I— I opened his door."