"Now suppose I go to Father Sheridan with this story, and Edith says it's not true; suppose she says Lamhorn has a good reputation and that I'm repeating irresponsible gossip, or suppose (what's most likely) she loses her temper and says I invented it, then what am I going to do?
Father Sheridan doesn't know Mrs.Kittersby and her daughter, and they're out of the question, anyway.

But suppose I could say: 'All right, if you want proof, ask Miss Vertrees.

She came with me, and she's waiting in the next room right now, to--" "No, no," said Mary, quickly.

"You mustn't--" "Listen just a minute more," Sibyl urged, confidingly.

She was on easy ground now, to her own mind, and had no doubt of her success.