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As
Arthur made no reply, he went on:
"I may as well tell you that evidence has come
into our hands proving your connection with this
society to be much more intimate than is implied
by the mere reading of forbidden literature. It
will be to your advantage to confess frankly. In
any case the truth will be sure to come out, and
you will find it useless to screen yourself behind
evasion and denials."
"I have no desire to screen myself. What is it
you want to know?"
"Firstly, how did you, a foreigner, come to be
implicated in matters of this kind?"
"I thought about the subject and read everything
I could get hold of, and formed my own
conclusions."
"Who persuaded you to join this society?"
"No one; I wished to join it."
"You are shilly-shallying with me," said the
colonel, sharply; his patience was evidently beginning
to give out. "No one can join a society by
himself. To whom did you communicate your wish
to join it?"
Silence.
"Will you have the kindness to answer me?"
"Not when you ask questions of that kind.


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