I may not have convinced you perhaps, but I am perfectly convinced myself that Mr.
Dixon is a principal in the business." "Indeed you injure me if you suppose me unconvinced.

Your reasonings carry my judgment along with them entirely.

At first, while I supposed you satisfied that Colonel Campbell was the giver, I saw it only as paternal kindness, and thought it the most natural thing in the world.
But when you mentioned Mrs.Dixon, I felt how much more probable that it should be the tribute of warm female friendship.

And now I can see it in no other light than as an offering of love." There was no occasion to press the matter farther.

The conviction seemed real; he looked as if he felt it.