What a frightened fool he was! If he could not remember her name, it was equally possible that already she had forgotten his. And this damning evidence―’ with a brusque gesture at the portrait ‘―must also be destroyed. I told you no good would come of it. For me that is all over and done with. Still, his suspicions were so strong, that he ordered Mendez to remain on guard near the spot all night, and, by the promise of a large reward induced two other men to keep him company. Without you I should never have recovered either health or reason. So he decided to stay.