"You must understand it perfectly well, and in any case I'm bound to respect Miss King's confidence.

I can't possibly repeat to you things she has said to me in a strictly private way." "Of course if my niece--but that puzzles me even more.

She hasn't said a word to me about any private understanding with you." "She wouldn't," said Meldon, "and I daresay I ought not to have mentioned that such a thing exists.

However, in the end, of course, you'll know all about it." "In the end ?" "Yes.

After the marriage.