"Friendship for me."
"Nonsense! I know the man. He did it because it paid him to do it."
"How was that possible?"
"I can suggest one motive. The removal of the obstacles preventing Lady Isabelle's secret marriage. Now who could have effected this? Not Lady Isabelle, she never had the audacity to carry out such a scheme; not Kingsland, he hasn't brains enough; our hostess is above suspicion; in fact there's only one person who could have conceived and carried out the plan to its successful conclusion—namely, Miss Fitzgerald."
"What grounds have you for proving it?"
"Was she with the parson at all, before the ceremony?"
"I knew you'd ask that question!"
"Then she was."
"Twice, on the days just preceding—to my knowledge."
"That's sufficient."