Are you willing to discuss it affably and fairly ?" "May I ask who your companion is ?" inquired the other, with a slight inclination towards Gerridge.
"A friend; one who is in my confidence." "Then I will answer you without any further hesitation.

My presence may have disturbed your wife, it very likely did, but I was not to blame for that.

No man is to blame for the bad effects of an unfortunate accident." "Oh, I don't mean that," Mr.Ransom hastened to protest.

"The cause of her very evident agitation was not personal.

It had a deeper root than that.