Your trick upset me very much; such a trick would upset anybody.

If I--er--accused you falsely I am sorry for it.

Supposing I let you go, and supposing we drop the whole matter ?" "I am willing to drop the matter, providing you will retract what you said about my being connected with these--er--these other things," answered Pepper, slowly.
"Well, I--I must have been mistaken.

I didn't say you were guilty.

I only said it looked suspicious--the way you prowled around, and the way you got into my room.