'But you were found insensible, or something of the sort, weren't you?'
'I was standing still in the road, looking at the moonlight on the bay, when I heard a terrible cry. Before I could move, a man came racing down the road as if he were flying for his life. He ran against me, and we fell together. I fainted, and never fully recovered consciousness until I found myself here.'
'Who do you suppose the man to be? No clue to him, I suppose, in your own mind? What do the authorities say to this?'
'I have offered no defence, and made no statement.'
'God bless my soul, what folly! When you might have been out of custody the next day! How very absurd!'
'I was stunned, remember. There were good reasons for silence. The trial takes place in a fortnight.'
'A fortnight! But you can't stop here a fortnight!'
'I must!' I answered, smiling even then at his impetuosity. 'I am remanded for trial.'
'You bear it well, Calvotti,' he said, taking me by both shoulders, and looking kindly at me.
'I do not feel my own share much,' I told him truly. 'I am most aggrieved for the others. It is a terrible business.'