for I do not know why Warden was 'removed.'

"I found that a young man--yourself--had acted so suspiciously both
before and after the attack on me that both Avery and the conductor in
charge of the train had become convinced that he was my assailant, and
had segregated him from the rest of the passengers. Not only this,
but--and this seemed quite conclusive to them--you admitted that you
were the one who had called upon Warden the evening of his murder.
Warden's statement to his wife that you were some one he was about to
befriend--which had been regarded as exculpating you from share in his
murder--ceased to be so conclusive now that you had been present at a
second precisely similar attack; and it certainly was no proof that you
had not attacked me. It seemed likely, too, that you were the only
person on the train aside from my daughter and Avery who knew who I
was; for I had had reason to believe from the time when I first heard
you speak when you boarded the train, that you were some one with whom
I had, previously, very briefly come in contact; and I had asked my
daughter to find out who you were, and she had tried to do so, but
without success."

Eaton wet his lips.

"Also," the blind man continued, "there was a telegram which definitely
showed that there was some connection, unknown to me, between you and
me, as well as a second--or rather a previous--suspicious telegram in
cipher, which we were able to translate."

Eaton leaned forward, impelled to speak; but as Santoine clearly
detected this impulse and waited to hear what he was going to say,
Eaton reconsidered and kept silent.

"You were going to say something about that telegram in cipher?"
Santoine asked.

"No," Eaton denied.

"I think you were; and I think that a few minutes ago when I said you
were not surprised by the attempt made to-day to run you down, you were
also going to speak of it; for that attempt makes clear the meaning of
the telegram. Its meaning was not clear to me before, you understand.
It said only that you were known and followed. It did not say why you
were followed. I could not be certain of that; there were several
possible reasons why you might be followed--even that the 'one' who
'was following' might be some one secretly interested in preventing you
from an attack on me. Now, however, I know that the reason you feared
the man who was following was because you expected him to attack you.
Knowing that, Eaton--knowing t