“Then it was–––”
“The priest. Sorez was so weak and frightened.”
“He came for the image?”
“Yes, but he did not get it. Was it he who––who hurt you, David?”
“It must have been. It was just as I came into the study.”
“And he carried you out?”
“Because he thought the house empty, I guess, and feared I was hurt worse than I was.”
“And you really are not badly hurt?”
“Not badly.”