"Did you say anything to him about your having received this letter from Dunster?"
"I gave him the letter to read, sir."
"And what was his attitude when he had read it?"
"He laughed, sir."
"Laughed!" Mr. Downing's voice was thunderous.
"Yes, sir. He rolled about."
Mr. Downing snorted.
"But Adair," said the headmaster, "I do not understand how this thing could have been done by Dunster. He has left the school."
"He was down here for the Old Sedleighans' match, sir. He stopped the night in the village."
"And that was the night the—it happened?"