"Is it possible?"

"Yes--to myself."

"That places the matter in rather a serious light, Mr. Grant."

"It does. And I think I have reason to complain."

"You ought to be certain about this matter."

"I'm certain enough. When a man treads on your toe, you are likely
to know it."

'It is barely possible that Mr. C--did not intend to designate
you, or any one, in what he said."

"He _must_ have meant me," replied Mr. Grant, with emphasis. "He
couldn't have said what he did, unless he had been informed of
certain things that have happened in this town. Had he not visited
the Harrisons, I might have doubted. But that fact places the thing
beyond a question."

"In what did the personality consist?"

"Did you not observe it?"

"No."

"Indeed!"