How can you rely upon my trustworthiness?
You must have so many young men to choose from who are personally known to you.

Why do you come to me ?" The Duke smiled grimly.
"In the first place," he said, "we are only strangers from the personal point of view, which is possibly an advantage.

I have in my pocket a close record of your days since you entered the university.

I know those who have been your friends, your tastes, how you have spent your time.

Don't be foolish, young sir," he added sharply, as he saw the colour rise in my cheeks: "you will have a trust reposed in you such as few men have ever borne before.