May I still think it of you ?" "If you will," said Langholm.

"I--I don't believe I ever should have brought myself to give you away!" "You behaved most fairly, my dear fellow.

I shall not forget it, nor the way you scored off the blackmailer Abel.

If it is any satisfaction to you, I will tell you what his secret was.

Nay, I may as well; and my wife, I must tell her too, though all these months I have hidden it from her; but I have no doubt he took it to the police when you failed him.
It is bound to get about, but I can live it down as I did the thing itself.