You mean something startled you. Was it anything you thought you saw?
Not much _thinking_ in the case, I’m afraid. Yes, it was something I saw. You remember when you called the first time at the library?
Yes, of course. Well, now, let me beg you not to try to describe it – it will not be good for you to recall it, I’m sure.
But indeed it would be a relief to me to tell anyone like yourself: you might be able to explain it away. It was just when I was going into the class where your book is –
Indeed, Mr. Garrett, I insist; besides, my watch tells me I have but very little time left in which to get my things together and take the train. No – not another word – it would be more distressing to you than you imagine, perhaps. Now there is just one thing I want to say. I feel that I am really indirectly responsible for this illness of yours, and I think I ought to defray the expense which it has – eh?
Includes A School Story,
The Rose Garden,
The Tractate Middoth,
Casting the Runes,
The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral,
Martin’s Close, and Mr. Humphreys and His Inheritance.