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 him, getting him to tell me his dreams. But you it would be such a help if you could give me any clue to this discontent.

(angrily) : I tell you he was not discontented till he went mad.

(With gentle flattery) If there was anything, it’s evident that it was not your fault. You, Mr. Baldry, you’ve known him longest. I take it you were boys together. Can you suggest anything?

We haven’t a great deal in common. We played together as boys I was a little older than he  but when I was ordained  I’m afraid he had very little sympathy No  no I—I can suggest nothing. He has never confided in me to any great extent. When he did so occasionally as a boy, he used to accuse me of preaching at him. Nothing was further from my intention, but that was his attitude always and

(cutting in) : You, Miss Baldry?

I’ve always felt it.

(with veiled hostility) : What do you mean, Jenny?