If you really want me to give him the lie, you must furnish me with full authority.

You must put me in a position to do it effectually." He was looking straight into her face of agitation.

There was a certain remorselessness about him that made him in a fashion imposing.

Olga quivered a little under the insistence of his eyes, but she flinched no more.
"Yes ?" she said.

"Well, I do authorize you.