Julian was, in their opinion, the last man on earth to take the course--at once sensible and severe--which Julian had actually adopted.

Lady Janet insisted on an explanation.
"Why do I hear of this now for the first time ?" she asked.

"Why did you not tell me you had taken these precautions before ?" Julian answered frankly and sadly.
"Because I hoped, aunt, that there would be no necessity for proceeding to extremities.

You now force me to acknowledge that the lawyer and the doctor (both of whom I have seen this morning) think, as you do, that she is not to be trusted.

It was at their suggestion entirely that I went to the magistrate.