"I took you in to give you a chance.

And your repayment has been that, knowing all these things, you have kept silent and let me and my brother be imposed upon by a swindling operation.

And who knows, since you admit that you love the girl, that you have not been a partner in the conspiracy from the first!" "That's exactly the idea, Miss!" put in Gavegan.
Larry had foreseen many possible wrong turns which his plan might take, but he was appalled by the utter unexpectedness of the actual disaster.
And yet he recognized that the evidence justified Miss Sherwood's judgment of him.

It all made him seem an ingrate and a swindler.
For the moment Larry was so overwhelmed that he made no attempt to speak.

And since for once Gavegan was content merely to gloat over his triumph, there was stiff silence in the room until Miss Sherwood said in the cold voice of a judge after a jury has brought in a verdict of guilty: "Of course, if you think there is anything you may say for yourself, Mr.
Brainard, you now have the chance to say it." "I have much to say, but I can't blame you if you refuse to believe most of it," Larry said desperately, fighting for what seemed his last chance.