“It is unanswerable.”

“Stenson’s writing?”

“And his signature—all the details! It is strange—strange! but it is true.”

“But where have you put it, in the name of heaven?”

“In the pocket of my hunting-dress.”

“I cannot find it.”

“You have not looked carefully. It is there. No matter! Listen: I am overcome with fatigue—Stenson in the tower!”

“At once?”

“No, during the comedy.”

“And the others?”