26/32 He followed Dundas to Paris on the bare suspicion that there'd been, communication between the two, and he was preparing a report for me when--Dundas called on him." "What connection can Ivor Dundas' coming to Paris have with Raoul du Laurier ?" I dared to ask. Both are men of honour, and--" "Men of honour are tricked by women sometimes, and then they have to suffer for being fools, as if they had been villains. Think what such a man--a man of honour, as you say--would feel when he found out the woman!" "A woman can be calumniated as well as a man," I said. "You are so unscrupulous you would stoop to anything, I know that. Raoul du Laurier has done nothing; I--I have done nothing of which to be ashamed. |