Of course, I have mentioned the fact to no one.

That was why I made no attempt to defend myself when arrested." She gasped for breath, scarcely able to articulate.
"You believe that?
You think that of me ?" "I may have been deceived; I hope so; there was but little light, and I got merely a glimpse," he explained hastily.
"You were deceived," impetuously.

"I was not out of the house that evening.

I was in the parlor with my father when those shots were fired.

You are sure you saw a woman there--hiding ?" "There is no doubt of that; her foot-prints were plainly to be seen in the morning.