“Churchill,” said the doctor, gravely, “I have sent for you to hear what is said of you. Now, Louis Mortimer, who gave you this book on the day Mr. Hamilton discovered it in your possession?”
“Churchill, sir,” replied Louis, in great agitation; “you did, Churchill, did you not? Oh! do say you did.”
“Hush,” said the doctor. “What have you to say against this, Churchill?”
“Nothing, sir—I did—I gave it to Louis Mortimer,” stammered Churchill, looking from Louis to the doctor, and back again.
“And how came you to give it to him?”
Churchill did not reply until the question was repeated, when he reluctantly said, he had given it to Louis to assist him in his exercise.
“Did Mortimer ask you for it?”
“No, sir.”
“Did he wish for it?”
“No, sir, not that I know of.”