"It seems that it was possible."
"How could he make such a mistake?"
"A man who never makes a mistake makes little or nothing in this world."
"And Miss Fitzgerald signed in the place of the bride, to divert suspicion?"
"It seems impossible to suppose that she would commit herself in that way," said Kent-Lauriston.
"But the register proves that she did," reported Stanley.
"Ye-es. It rather savours of the paradox. Perhaps we'd better content ourselves with the facts that Lady Isabelle did marry Kingsland, and Miss Fitzgerald did not. How it was accomplished does not immediately concern us, and, as I fear no very creditable means were used, we'd better not try to find out what they were, especially as we've more serious matters to consider."
"You mean——"
"I mean the charge unconsciously made by Madame Darcy."
"I feared you were going to speak of that."