She interposed here by saying, "It is immaterial whether you are or not. The facts are as I have stated them."
"I understand, of course, that you have spoken honestly, but is it not possible you may have judged wrongly?"
"I cannot admit it, sir," she replied with calm dignity. "It is not possible."
Certainly she maintained her ground. I continued my inquiry.
"Before Mr. Carew came into his second fortune he lived humbly in London?"
"Yes; in poor lodgings."
"Did the house contain other lodgers?"
"Yes."
"And did not any of them suspect or discover the mystery so close to them?"
"In my belief not another person in the house had any suspicion."