Tell me, Arleigh, did you take advice before you separated yourself so abruptly from her ?" "No," replied Lord Arleigh, "I did not ever seek it; the matter appeared plain enough to me." "I should not like you to think me curious," pursued the earl.

"We are true friends now, and we can trust each other.

You have every confidence in me, and I have complete faith in you.

I would intrust to you the dearest secret of my heart.

Arleigh, tell me what I know you have told to no human being--the reason of your separation from the wife you love." Lord Arleigh hesitated for one half minute.
"What good can it possibly do ?" he said.
"I am a great believer in the good old proverb that two heads are better than one," replied the earl.