"At all events," I continued, "it is your clear duty to do all you can to remove the stigma from those you love. There is a mystery to be solved; at Miss Cameron's request I have undertaken the task—with what success remains to be seen. If you will have confidence in me it will make the task all the easier. Surely it is not for you to throw difficulties in the way of your friends."
"Forgive me," he said. "I am ungrateful. I will tell you anything you wish to know."
"First, as to Maxwell. Had he any suspicion of your intention to give yourself up?"
"I do not think so."
"It will come upon him as a blow. Can you give me his address?"
"I do not know it."
"Since your arrival in England have you never visited him?"
"Never."
"Nor written to him?"
"No."