"Are you prepared," he went on, "to give us the name of the person to whom this letter was written?" He lifted Treves's incriminating missive and held it for John's inspection. John had already been permitted to read the letter, though not to hold it in his hand.
"Certainly," answered Manton.
A slight flicker of surprise lit in Sir Robert's eyes.
"His name," answered John, "is either Manners, or Cherriton."
Sir Robert laid down the letter with an impatient gesture.
"That is no answer to my question. You wrote the letter yourself. To whom did you write it?"
"I didn't write it!"
"You suggest that it is a forgery?"
"Either you wrote the letter or you didn't write it," pursued Sir Robert. "Your statements contradict each other. You say, in the first place, that you did not write it. In the second place, you say it is not a forgery."
General Whiston now spoke, his stern gaze on John's face.