Book 1, Chapter 10: The Turning of the Page

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​‌⁠Dr. Thorndyke listened to my recital of the history of the tragedy, not only with patience, but with close attention and apparently keen interest, interrupting me only at rare intervals to ask a question or elucidate some point that was not quite clear. When I had come to an end I was disposed to be apologetic, for I had told the story in the fullest detail, with only the single reservation that I