"I swear on my knees I thought of no such thing.

The tale I told you was true! True, every word of it! And the letters----" "There are no letters!" she said.
"In the box ?" "None." He sprang to his feet.

He shook his fist at her in low ignoble rage.
"You lie!" he cried.

"You have not looked.

You have played with me.