I have desired you to tell me what are its contents." "I shall not tell you.

I will not demean myself by repeating anything so insignificant in my own justification.

If you suspect me of writing what I should not write, you will suspect me also of lying to conceal it." "Have you heard from Colonel Osborne this morning ?" "I have." "And where is his letter ?" "I have destroyed it." Again he paused, trying to think what he had better do, trying to be calm.

And she stood still opposite to him, confronting him with the scorn of her bright angry eyes.

Of course, he was not calm.