Are you sure that David and Helen intend to get married ?" "Yes." "Then, for Heaven's sake, let the wedding take place.

Let them leave Beechcroft and its associations for ever." "That cannot be until Hume's character is cleared from the odium attached to it." "You mean my brother's death.

But that has been settled by the courts.
David was declared 'Not guilty.' Surely that will suffice! No good purpose can be gained by reopening an inquiry closed by the law." "I think you are a little unjust to your cousin in this matter, Mrs.
Capella.

He and his future wife feel very grievously the slur cast upon his name.

You know perfectly well that if half the people in this county were asked, 'Who killed Sir Alan Hume-Frazer ?' they would say 'David Hume.' The other half would shake their heads in dubiety, and prefer not to be on visiting terms with David Hume and his wife.