"And you think they come from her?"
"No; or I should have killed myself long ago. But there are times when I have to take a tight hold on myself; to-day is one of them," he added, very simply.
"Mr. Sydenham," said Indiman, solemnly, "I now know you to be an innocent man. Had it been otherwise you would long since have succumbed under this mysterious and terrible pressure."
"I am innocent!" repeated the young man. "But to prove it?"
"It shall be proved."
"The money?"
"It shall be found."
"Through whom?"
"Yourself. A simple lapse of memory is the undoubted explanation. The gap must be bridged, that is all. Will you put yourself in my hands?"
"Unreservedly."