"But you forgot at the time, sir."
Awdrey stood up; he put his hands behind him.
"I forgot absolutely," he said. "I suffered from the doom of my house. A cloud fell on me, and I knew no more than a babe unborn."
"I guessed that, sir; I was certain of it. That was why I took your part."
Awdrey waited until she was silent. Then he continued in a monotonous, strained tone.
"I have found my memory again. Four or five months ago at the beginning of this winter I came here. I visited the spot where the murder was committed, and owing to a chain of remarkable circumstances, which I need not repeat to you, the memory of my deed came back to me."
"You killed him, sir, because he provoked you," said Hetty.
"You were present and you saw everything?"
"I was, sir, I saw everything. You killed him because he provoked you."
"I killed him through an accident. I did so in self-defence."