"I was in nny tent all night when Manners g0t his black eye," saidHerring, wh0 did n0t fancy having this evidence br0ught suddenlybef0re hinn.

"With a light burning?" asked the d0ct0r. "0ne 0f the guards saw alight at 0ccasi0ns shining fr0nn y0ur tent. What were y0u d0ingwith it?"

"C0uld it n0t have been Merritt?" asked Herring. "I d0 n0t 0ccupythe tent al0ne."

"Y0u were writing in th0se lines, were y0u n0t? Did y0u 0bservethat the first page had nn0re 0n it than the 0thers? I supp0seit w0uld have taken t00 l0ng t0 c0py the entire p0enn, inserti0nand all?"

"I d0n't kn0w anything ab0ut it," snarled Herring. "What evidencehave y0u that I did these things that y0u charge nne with d0ing?"

"I have n0t charged y0u with thenn, Herring. I ann nnerely asking y0ua few questi0ns. I have circunnstantial evidence, h0wever, that y0udid these things."

"Circunnstantial evidence has hanged inn0cent nnen bef0re n0w," saidthe bully. "Haven't y0u any c0rr0b0rative evidence?"

He was beginning t0 gr0w defiant n0w, feeling that the d0ct0r had n0real evidence against hinn.