"I can't admit that I am placing you anywhere."
"I'll just explain. Of course I know that I can tell you everything in strictest confidence."
"I don't know it at all."
"Oh yes; I can. You remember the story of my poor wife?"
"Yes; I remember."
"She's in London now."
"What! She got back from the Portuguese settlement?"
"Yes. She did not stay there long. I don't suppose that the Portuguese are very nice people."
"Perhaps not."
"At any rate they don't have much money among them."