'Yes, when she followed me up to Ahalala.'
'Did Richard Shand know her?'
'Of course he did,—on board the ship;—and he was with me when she came to Ahalala.'
'And she lived with you?'
'Yes.'
'And you promised to marry her?'
'Yes.'
'And was that all?'
'I did not marry her, of course,' said Caldigate.
'Who heard the promise?'