"You were there.
You heard his evidence absolutely disproved.

How do you explain that away ?" "I don't attempt to! The explanation is for you to make!" he answered.
"The fact that he did not succeed in proving his case against you is nothing in itself! Many a case in court is lost from lack of proper evidence! And one more matter! Lady Isobel Saffren Waldon is staying--or rather, I should say, was staying at the hotel.

She is now staying at my house.

She complains to me of very rude treatment at the hands of you three men--insolent treatment I should call it! I can assure you that the way to get on in this Protectorate is not to behave like cads toward ladies of title! I understand that her maid is afraid to be caught alone by any one of you, and that Lady Saffren Waldon herself feels scarcely any safer!" Fred and I saw the humor of the thing, and that enabled us to save Will from disaster.

There never was a man more respectful of women than Will.