Mrs. Cloys.
[Looking at John.] I think I may say at once that they are not unfavourable.
Olive.
Because the necessity you find for estimating my husband’s character shows—you know what it shows?
Mrs. Cloys.
Mrs. Allingham——?
Olive.
It shows, obviously, that if you are uncertain as to my husband’s innocence, you must be equally doubtful of the innocence of your niece, Mrs. Fraser.
Mrs. Cloys.
[Rising.] I—I beg that you will not put such a construction on what I have said——