With her mind on fooling you as to her sex, she was so wholly engaged that she told an unwitting truth; she did write this letter in her own service.

One step further: The object of the lady, as I've said, is to break Storri's hold on Mr.Harley.Now how could the lady who writes you benefit by that?
What could there be about Storri's ascendency over Mr.
Harley to which a woman who loves Storri would object?
I will tell you.
That ascendency gives him not only a hold on Mr.Harley, but a hold through him on some woman whom the writer fears as a rival.

And there you are; I've brought the argument to Miss Harley.

Storri threatens Mr.
Harley.

What does he demand?
That you be excluded from the Harley house.
Why?
Because you see Miss Harley.