"Exactly, and what did you say to the young ladies?"
"I asked Miss Fitzgerald if she was Lieutenant Kingsland's wife?"
"And she denied it?"
"Absolutely."
"What else?"
"I charged Lady Isabelle with not having married Kingsland."
"And what was her answer?"
"I didn't wait to receive it."
"Had you done so, she would have denied it likewise."
"You think so?"