Lashmar was very attentive.
"There's no need to go into details," she added quickly.

"Lady Ogram told me everything, saying she felt that the time had come for doing so.

And I accepted the trust." "Without knowing, however," said Dyce, "the not unimportant condition which her mind attached to it." "There was no condition, expressed or reserved." Constance's tone had become hard again.

Her eyes were averted, her lips set in their firmest lines.
"Are you quite sure of that ?" "Quite," was the decisive reply.
"How do you reconcile that with what has passed today between Lady Ogram and me ?" "It was between Lady Ogram and _you_," said Constance, subduing her voice.
"I see.

You mean that I alone am concerned; that your position will in no case be affected ?" "Yes, I mean that," answered Constance, quietly.
Lashmar thought for a moment, then moved on his chair, and spoke in a low tone, which seemed addressed to his hearer's sympathy.
"Perhaps you are right.