Chapter 14: —And Good Judgment Yields to Folly

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌⁠At any other moment the tone of confidence underlying the effrontery of this letter would certainly have revealed its presence to a brain more than ordinarily acute. But in the storm and stress of his rage against gods and men, Medenham did not wait to ponder subtleties of expression. No matter what the hidden reason that inspired Marigny's pen, it was enough for Medenham to know that at last that