"That is your opinion—really?"
"Really! Decidedly."
"Then I don't agree with you," she answered.
"Why not?"
"Simply that I don't."
"Excellent! But you have reasons as well as convictions?
"Perhaps. Why, for instance, is he so anxious for me to have this money? That must be a matter of conscience?"
"Not necessarily. An accident might bring his Montreal career to light.
His behaviour towards you would be an excellent defence."
She shook her head.
"He isn't mean enough to think so far ahead for his own advantage.
Villain or paragon, he is on a large scale, your Lord Arranmore."