Granicestoppedspeakingandlookedacrossthesmoke-fumesathislistener；butDenver\'sfaceremainedinscrutable。
Atlengthhesaid：“Whydidyouwanttotellmethis？”
ThequestionstartledGranice。Hewasabouttoexplain，ashehadexplainedtoAscham；butsuddenlyitoccurredtohimthatifhismotivehadnotseemedconvincingtothelawyeritwouldcarrymuchlessweightwithDenver。Bothweresuccessfulmen，andsuccessdoesnotunderstandthesubtleagonyoffailure。Granicecastaboutforanotherreason。
“Why，I——thethinghauntsme……remorse，Isupposeyou\'dcallit……“
Denverstrucktheashesfromhisemptypipe。