shaken and I do not wish to add to his anxieties. This morning,
after breakfast, he had a small scene with Barrymore, who believed
he had a grievance because we had betrayed his confidence about the
secret of the convict. We argued that the man was a public danger,
and that Barrymore had not told us of his own free will, and this
seemed to quieten him. He assured us that arrangements were being
made for the man to go to South America in a few days, and that he
would not trouble anyone in this country again. He begged us not to
let the police know that he was still on the moor, for they had given
up the chase there. (We had not yet sent the information to Princetown
as we had intended.) Finally, he promised that the man would commit
no further crimes before he left, for fear of being caught.
We agreed that if he were safely out of the country it would relieve
