The Baron spoke first.
"You hardly expected to see me here?"
"I really do not know what errand can bring the Governor of R---- beneath this roof," was the answer.
"I am Governor no longer," said Raven, coldly.
Brunnow turned on him a quick, scrutinising gaze.
"You have given in your resignation?" he asked.
"I am leaving my post," the other answered, in an agitated voice. "Before I quit the town, however, I wish to obtain some information as to that article in the newspaper which refers so minutely to events in my past life. You are, I think, the person most likely to afford me this information, and therefore I come to you."
The Doctor turned away. "That article did not emanate from me," he said, after a short pause.
"That may be, but, in any case, you prompted it. We two are now the last survivors of those who were implicated in that catastrophe. The others are dead, or have been altogether lost sight of. You alone were in a position to make those disclosures."
Brunnow was silent. He remembered but too well the inconsiderate words which the Superintendent's wily manœuvre had wrested from him, and which had since been published throughout the length and breadth of the land.