She turned into the Albert Road and disappeared almost at once.

I could not have followed her if I would.

I had just begun to realize that something was wrong with the man in the cab!" "This is all ?" the Colonel asked.
"It is all!" Wrayson answered.
"You do not know her name, or why she was here?
You have not seen her since ?" Wrayson shook his head.
"I know absolutely nothing," he said, "beyond what I have told you." The Colonel struck a match and relit his cigar.
"I should like to understand," he said quietly, "why you avoided all mention of her in your evidence." Wrayson laughed oddly.
"I should like to understand that myself," he declared.

"I can only repeat what I said before.

She was a woman, and I was a fool." "In plain English," the Colonel said, "you did it to shield her ?" "Yes!" Wrayson answered.
The Colonel nodded thoughtfully.
"Well," he said, "you were in a difficult position, and you made a deliberate choice.