“I will try, sir.”
“Whose idea was it confining Sir Charles Bassett to the house so much?”
“His own. He felt himself unfit for society.”
“Did he describe his ailment to you then?”
“Yes.”
“All the better; what did he say?”
“He said that, at times, a cloud seemed to come into his head, and then he lost all power of mind; and he could not bear to be seen in that condition.”
“This was after the epileptic seizure?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Humph! Now will you tell me how Mr. Bassett, by mere words, could so enrage Sir Charles as to give him a fit?”