Didn't he see on what flimsy ground the structure rested?
The evidence was preposterously small.

He believed the worst, but we were really uninformed.
"I shall find out the truth," he promptly replied.
"How can you?
If you question her you'll simply drive her to perjure herself.

Wherein after all does it concern you to know the truth?
It's the girl's own affair." "Then why did you tell me your story ?" I was a trifle embarrassed.

"To warn you off," I smiled.

He took no more notice of these words than presently to remark that Lord Iffield had no serious intentions.