"It is true?"
"Every word of it."
"How have you obtained so much information in as short a time?"
"My method--if you will excuse my saying so much--is my own."
"Undoubtedly. Perhaps you have had some conversation with the rogue who robbed me."
"I have; he is not aware of the position I hold with respect to your father and yourself."
"The means in this case," said Arthur Temple, in a tone of slight dissatisfaction, "possibly justified the end."
"You must judge of that for yourself, sir. I have no doubt in my mind."
"You have seen the person who has brought up this girl?"
"I have; and have had some talk with him. His name is Seth Dumbrick; he lives in Rosemary Lane."