expected to find shrinking from the expression of an opinion of her own.
“If any doubts still trouble you,” I said, “why not mention them to me at once? Tell me plainly, have you any reason to distrust Sir Percival Glyde?”
“None whatever.”
“Do you see anything improbable, or contradictory, in his explanation?”
“How can I say I do, after the proof he has offered me of the truth of it? Can there be better testimony in his favour,
expected to find shrinking from the expression of an opinion of her own.
“If any doubts still trouble you,” I said, “why not mention them to me at once? Tell me plainly, have you any reason to distrust Sir Percival Glyde?”
“None whatever.”
“Do you see anything improbable, or contradictory, in his explanation?”
“How can I say I do, after the proof he has offered me of the truth of it? Can there be better testimony in his favour,
