"Yes. When he was going off, compelled by the bidding of his instinct—when he was going off on the very day he had fixed before he fell ill——"
"He was going off without the medal."
"With the medal."
"They searched his bag."
"The bag wasn't the only thing he was taking with him."
"What else was there? Hang it all! You were more than a hundred yards away from him! You saw nothing."
"I saw that he was holding something besides his bag."
"What?"
"Goliath."
D'Estreicher was silent, struck by that simple word and all it signified.