What was his name ?" "The Reverend Samuel Bradstock." "You want me to name the person whom I suspect ?" "Yes, if you please," said Mr.Troy.
"I suspect the Reverend Samuel Bradstock," said Felix.
"If you have come here to make stupid jokes," interposed Lady Lydiard, "you had better go back to your bed again.

We want a serious opinion." "You _have_ a serious opinion," Felix coolly rejoined.

"I never was more in earnest in my life.

Your Ladyship is not aware of the first principle to be adopted in cases of suspicion.

One proceeds on what I will call the exhaustive system of reasoning.