The Gap in the Curtain by John Buchan

"I once did see In my young travels through Armenia, An angrie Unicorne in his full carier Charge with too swift a foot a Jeweller, That watcht him for the Treasure of his browe; And ere he could get shelter of a tree, Naile him with his rich Antler to the Earth. " - GEORGE CHAPMAN, Bussy D'Ambois.

I must make it clear at the outset that I was not in Mayot's confidence during the year the events of which I am about to record. Goodeve and Reggie Daker confided in me, and, through a series of accidents, I stumbled into Tavanger's inner life. Also I came to have full knowledge of Charles Ottery's case. But I only knew Mayot slightly, and we were opponents in the House, so, although our experiences at Flambard brought us a little nearer, we were far from anything like intimacy. But I realised that, under Moe's spell, he had seen something which had affected him deeply, and I studied closely his political moves to see if I could get a clue to that something. As a matter of fact, before Christmas I guessed what the revelation had been, and my guess proved correct. Later, when the whirligig of politics had brought Mayot and myself into closer touch, I learned from him some of the details which I now set forth.