Why?
Do you think they are double-crossing us ?" "I 've--I 've taken your word," she said quickly.

"But it has never seemed quite right to me.

I--I hardly know why I consented to come, only I was so miserable, anything seemed better than the life I was leading." "You saw all the papers," I interposed, "and they bear out every statement." "Yes, but could they not be forged?
Why should any honest lawyer advise a client to undertake such a fraud ?" "Why, really I do not know," I returned, looking at her in astonishment.

"Of course it does seem queer, but the case is a peculiar one, and, perhaps, can be solved in no strictly legal way.

If you felt so about it, why did you not say so before ?" "Don't get angry--please.