"If any one of them comes to me with a definite request which I can grant, you may be very sure that I shall grant it." "You are not already their servant, then ?" she asked.

"You are sure, quite sure of that ?" "In what way ?" I asked.
"You look honest," she said.

"Perhaps you are.

Perhaps I have doubted you without a cause.

But I will ask you this question.