I mentioned it to you, and so...." "But this is sheer madness," I answered.
"Oh, no, it's a bald statement of fact," she went on.
"I don't see how," I said, involuntarily.
"Your article in the _Hour_ will help.

Every trifle will help," she said.

"Things that you understand and others that you cannot....

He is identifying himself with the Duc de Mersch.

That looks nothing, but it's fatal.