Will you give me a refuge ?' That's what he said, Crayford, word for word." "Did you ask him to explain himself further ?" "Not I! I knew his value, and I took the poor devil on the spot, without pestering him with any more questions.

No need to ask him to explain himself.

The facts speak for themselves in these cases.

The old story, my good friend! There's a woman at the bottom of it, of course." Mrs.Crayford, waiting for the return of her husband as patiently as she could, was startled by feeling a hand suddenly laid on her shoulder.
She looked round, and confronted Clara.

Her first feeling of surprise changed instantly to alarm.