"Who pushed you in?"

"My employer—the man I was travelling with."

"What made him do it?"

"That is more than I can tell."

"Was he angry with you?"

"There had been no quarrel nor disagreement, and I supposed we were excellent friends."

"I wouldn't fancy such a friend," said Fred, dryly.

"The man must have had some motive," said Mr. Davis, who was a young lawyer.

"I can't think of any. I think he may have been insane," said Robert, to whom this had occurred as a possible solution of the problem.