But whilst he was drawing them towards him, Luttrell spoke again.
"Nothing but the truth--_yes_," he said.

He was speaking shyly, uncomfortably, and he stopped abruptly.
"The whole truth--no." Hardiman added slowly, and gently.

He wanted the complete story from preface to conclusion, but he was not to get it.

He received no answer of any kind for a considerable number of moments and Luttrell only broke the silence in the end, to declare definitely, "That, at all events, is all I have to say." Sir Charles nodded and drew the case of forms close to him.

There was something more then.