"Then take my advice and discontinue it."
"I will. I should have asked you to lock me in my chamber if I could have foreseen what has happened."
"Mr. Kirby," said Dr. Thorp sternly, "you must think I am a simpleton to be taken in by such a transparent falsehood. I was deceived in you, I admit, but now I understand your real character. I won't have you arrested, though I ought, but I require you to leave my house at once."
"In the middle of the night?" said Kirby in dismay.
"Yes. I cannot agree to shelter you even for the balance of the night."
"Tell me one thing," said Kirby, changing his tone; "did any one put you on your guard against me?"
"Yes."
"It was Dean Dunham."
"You can form your own conclusions."