Yet if I saw her--" He took another turn across the room, then checked himself before Warburton.
"Tell me honestly what you think about it.

I want advice.

What's your opinion of her ?" "I have no opinion at all.

I don't pretend to know her well enough." "Well, but," persisted Franks, "your impression--your feeling.

How does the thing strike you ?" "Why, disagreeably enough; that's a matter of course." "You don't excuse her ?" asked Norbert, his eyes fixed on the other.
"I can imagine excuses--" "What?
What excuse can there be for deliberate hypocrisy, treachery ?" "If it _was_ deliberate," replied Warburton, "there's nothing to be said.