After a while he recurred again to his parting from Florence.

"I asked her advice on that occasion, and she gave it me clearly--with a clear purpose and an assured voice.

I like a person who will do that.

You are sure then that you are getting the truth out of your friend, even if it be a simple negative, or a refusal to give any reply to the question asked." "Florence Burton is always clear in what she says." "I had asked her if she thought that I might venture to hope for a more favorable answer if I urged my suit to you again." "She cannot have said yes to that, Mr.Saul; she cannot have done so!" "She did not do so.

She simply bade me ask yourself.