13/49 This is especially true if a shrewd listener reads between his words. "I told her I hated him, and she herself heard me deny that I knew him when he offered to speak to me two months ago or more at the Old Swan. I should say that the evidences of affection were against her rather than me." "She says, also," continued the king, "that you believe Master Hamilton killed Roger Wentworth; that you recognized him the night of the tragedy." "I said nothing of the sort," answered Frances, emphatically. |