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On the following day, Westenhanger took the earliest opportunity of informing Douglas about the developments in the night. He had been strongly impressed by old Dangerfield's denial of Eric's responsibility, and he felt that it would be unfair to suppress this information and so leave suspicion afloat in his friend's mind.
"Well, we can take the old man's word for it," was Douglas's verdict, when he had heard the whole story. "He wouldn't tell a lie, I'm sure of that. And, apparently, from what you say, he thought he had good enough grounds, though he didn't throw much light on them."