Chapter 15: The Accuser

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌⁠As Syme strode along the corridor he saw the Secretary standing at the top of a great flight of stairs. The man had never looked so noble. He was draped in a long robe of starless black, down the centre of which fell a band or broad stripe of pure white, like a single shaft of light. The whole looked like some very severe ecclesiastical vestment. There was no need for Syme to search his memory or