"But implications, my dear Miss Banborough, are not evidence."
"You leave me no other course but to accede to your request," she said.
"Ah, then you promise?"
"I promise."
"The word of a woman in your position and of your high moral standard I know is sacred."
She nodded.
"Well, then," he continued, "please answer me this question. Where was your brother the first week in May?"
"In Scotland."
"Why did he go?"
"For absolute rest. He was worried and run down."