“I did not wish to get any one into trouble.”
“And you preferred to let an affair like this go on without taking any steps to have it cleared up? Did Greenfield deny the charge?”
“No.”
“Did he admit it?”
“Very nearly. He wouldn’t speak to any one for months.”
“And you really believe that Greenfield took the paper?”
Loman looked up at the Doctor for a moment and answered, “Yes.”
“Did you lend him your Juvenal at any time?”
“Not that I remember.”
“Do you suppose he put the paper in the book?”