Philip Douglas Roberts (1919–1976) was a South Australian painter and art critic. (wikipedia)
He was being beaten. He paid a price for this.
Our task is trying to beat a benchmark. In order to do that, we have to deviate from a benchmark in some way. But you also have to be mindful of the extent of risk that you are taking.
You are supposed to infer beyond a reasonable doubt this man in his mind was going to kill Madden.
I learned a quick lesson: There's no substitute for your own research.
