"Mrs.Ruth" was as near as he ever came to fulfilling their agreement concerning names.
"I'm sure you are.

And for my brother's sake and my own I am very grateful to you.

Mr.Winslow--Jed, I mean--you have done so much for us already; will you do one thing more ?" Jed's answer was given with no trace of his customary hesitation.
"Yes," he said.
"This is really for me, perhaps, more than for Charles--or at least as much." Again there was no hesitation in the Winslow reply.
"That won't make it any harder," he observed, gravely.
"Thank you.

It is just this: I have decided not to tell my brother that I have told you of his--his trouble, of his having been--where he has been, or anything about it.

He knows I have not told Captain Hunniwell; I'm sure he will take it for granted that I have told no one.