—So that I was driven to recall the transaction which drove us apart from each other—
Did I, Matthew?—I am sorry for it—
Yes—and your behavior altogether was very strange—is very strange now; it is in fact, allow me to say so, just what I should look for in a man who knew that his life was in jeopardy. Take a chair—you are evidently much disturbed, you appear to have met with some——surely—surely—my brother, something has happened to you.
—Did I—
You do not hear me—
True enough, Matthew—I am very tired—please to give me a drop of water and allow me to rest myself here a few minutes—I must be gone quickly—I have no time to lose now, I perceive.
You take a bed with me to night, of course.
No.
You must—indeed you must, my good brother—I have much to ask—much to advise with you about. We are in a dreadful way now, and if we—
Impossible Matthew—I cannot—I dare not. I have more to do than you have to say. Are the children a-bed yet?