“Yes,” said Mrs. Thaw, as tears welled to her eyes.
“Did you refuse Thaw solely because of the occurrence with White?” asked Mr. Jerome of the witness.
“Because I had been found out.”
“Who told you you had been caught?”
“Friends of Stanford White.”
“So it was not because of the occurrence but because you had been found out?”
“It was both together. I had an instinct about it. When Mr. Thaw proposed it was the first proposal I ever had and it all struck me very seriously. It all came together.”
“You felt the most heinous wrong had been done?”
“I didn’t know anything about it at the time. All I remember is what I felt like when I woke up. I remember that distinctly. I didn’t understand what had taken place.”
“It outraged every maidenly instinct in you, didn’t it?”