James M. Dodd
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When I arrived here, I noticed that the gloves worn by Ralph, who carried the meals, were strongly impregnated with disinfectant.
My last doubts were removed.
A single word showed you, sir, that your secret was discovered.
Yes, yes, I see it now.
But tell me, sir, why did you write it down instead of saying it?
That was to prove to you that my discretion was to be trusted.
I thought as much.
Ah, here is the date.
Well, sir, let us know the worst.
It is often my lot to bring ill tidings and seldom good.
This occasion is the more welcome, Colonel Emsworth.
It is not leprosy.
What is it, then, sir James?
A well-marked case of pseudo-leprosy, ichthyosis.
It's a scale-like infection of the skin, unsightly, obstinate, but possibly curable and certainly non-infective.
Then heaven be thanked.
But surely if he got it from contact with those leper fellows... No, not from them.
A coincidence.
Remarkable, but a coincidence.
Coincidence, my dear Sir James?