"On my honour. I am not trying to deceive you. I only ask you to believe that your original suspicions were incorrect."
"But you substitute something quite as bad."
"Well, no—hardly that. In fact it may benefit you greatly."
"How so?"
"That I'm not at liberty to tell you just now; I hope I can in a day or two. Meantime, may I ask you to keep silence about what I've said, and trust your affairs to me—they shall not suffer in my hands."
"Have I not trusted you, my friend?"
"You have indeed, and I've appreciated it; but that you'll understand better a little later—when I've been able to help you more."
"You have done all for me; you have saved me, and I can never forget it."
"Nonsense, I've done nothing as yet."
"You have given me your sympathy. Is not that something? You have been a true friend to me."