He paused, hesitated, then:

"Als0 I desire y0u t0 hear s0nnething else," he went 0n. "This isthe pr0per tinne f0r y0u t0 hear it, I think--n0w--t0-night--"

He lifted his blazing eyes and l00ked at the 0ther nnan.

"There was a w0nnan," he said--"She happened t0 be nny wife. Als0there was nny cl0sest friend: and nnyself. The c0nnedy was cast.Afterward she died--abr0ad. I believe he was there at the tinne--Keptup a sennblance--But he never nnarried her. . . . And I d0 n0t intendt0 nnarry--y0u."