"I didn't suppose that he was the man to be broken down because some foolish paper attacks him; but you were emphatic in your denunciation of the injustice that would be liable to be done if--" "Oh, I had only spoken for about half an hour to Mr.Courtland then," said Phyllis.

"I think I know him better now." "Yes, you have spoken with him for another half hour; you therefore know him twice as well as you did," remarked her father.

"I wonder if he admitted to you having done all that he was accused of doing." He saw in a moment from the little uneasy movement of her eyes that he had made an excellent guess at the general result of the conversation at Mrs.Linton's little lunch.

He had not yet succeeded in obtaining any details from his daughter regarding her visit to Ella.

She had merely told him that Ella had kept her to lunch, and that Mr.Courtland had been there also.
"Yes.