He believes it still, which is somewhat startling.

There are a few such dullards yet.

"I do not see why she should," he went on gravely.

He was standing by the empty fire-place, a manly, upright figure; one who was not very clever, not brilliant at all, somewhat slow in his speech, but sure, deadly sure, in the honesty of his purpose.
Karl Steinmetz looked at him and smiled openly, with the quaint air of resignation that was his.
"You have never seen her, eh ?" enquired Paul.
Steinmetz paused, then he told a lie, a good one, well told, deliberately.
"No." "We are going to the opera, Box F2.

If you come in I shall have pleasure in introducing you.