I am quite aware that it was possible for Eric after leaving our house to be in London at the time mentioned, but no one can prove that it was Eric.
'Edgar Brown is tall and fair, and there are plenty of young men answering to that description; and I maintain, and shall maintain to my dying day,--and I am sure Mr.Cunliffe agrees with me,--that it was not Eric who presented that cheque.

The clerk told Giles that the young man had a scar across his cheek and a slight cut, though he was decidedly good-looking.

But Giles refused to believe this.

He says the clerk made a mistake about the last.
'The next morning I received a letter from Eric, written at the Ship Hotel, Brighton, containing the exact particulars that I have given, and reiterating in the most solemn way that he was perfectly innocent of the shameful crime laid to his charge.
'"You will believe me, Gladys, I know," he went on.

"You will not let my enemies blacken my memory if you can help it.