If it weren't a matter of actual need I shouldn't trouble you--be sure of that." "I always thought you were on the square, but you're asking me to do something you wouldn't do yourself.

And I've told you again that I don't know anything about that letter; I never saw it before." She tapped the edge of the desk to hide the trembling of her fingers.
The tears shone suddenly in her blue eyes.
Dan frowned, but the frown was not for Rose.

She had already betrayed herself; he was confident from her manner that she knew.

The prompt denial of any knowledge of the fateful sheet of paper for which he had hoped all night had not been forthcoming.

But mere assumptions would not serve him; he had walked in darkness too long not to crave the full light.