"Of course."
"I shouldn't tell it, George, if it weren't that I had betrayed part of it in a moment of excitement——"
"Excitement? Well, I suppose that's what some call it."
"And so," pursued Stainton, "made such an ass of myself——"
"Now you're getting down to facts," Holt agreed.
"In the first place," said Stainton, "I repeat that I am not crazy."
"Then I am," said Holt with conviction.
"You are the best judge of that, George."
Holt smiled.
"Wait a bit," said Stainton. "I wouldn't be surprised, George, if you were a trifle mad; as for me, just make up your mind that J. G. Stainton is sane."