I said: "Remember, Miss de Barral, that to be fair you must trust a man altogether--or not at all." She dropped her eyes suddenly.

I thought I heard a faint sigh.

I tried to take a light tone again, and yet it seemed impossible to get off the ground which gave me my standing with her.
"Mrs.Fyne is absurd.

She's an excellent woman, but really you could not be expected to throw away your chance of life simply that she might cherish a good opinion of your memory.

That would be excessive." "It was not of my life that I was thinking while Captain Anthony was--was speaking to me," said Flora de Barral with an effort.
I told her that she was wrong then.