Her coming into the hospital helps me considerably." "When you say 'things which frightened her,' do you mean in connection with her father ?" Again the dark look in Betty's eyes.
"Yes," she said.

"He's an evil, dangerous man." That was all I could get out of her.

If she had meant me to know the character of Gedge's turpitude, she would have told me of her own accord.

But in our talk at the hospital she had hinted at blackmail--and blackmailers are evil, dangerous men.
I went to see Sir Anthony about it.

Beyond calling him a damned scoundrel, a term which he applied to all pro-Germans, pacifists and half the Cabinet, he did not concern himself about Gedge.