He had also been seen in Gresson's company.

I didn't believe he suspected me, though I suspected him profoundly.

It was my business to keep strictly to my part and give him no cause to doubt me.

He was clearly practising his own part on me, and I must appear to take him literally on his professions.

So, presently, I woke up and engaged him in a disputatious conversation about the morality of selling strong liquors.