"I am not so sure of that.

Self-interest rather.

I trust my wife--" "You do, since you make me spy on her," said Silver caustically.
"I trust my wife so far," pursued the other man, "if you will permit me to finish my sentence.

There is no need for her to see her cousin, and--as they have kept apart for so long--I don't think there is any chance of their seeking one another's company." "Absence makes the heart grow fonder," remarked the secretary sententiously.

"And you may be living in a fool's paradise.