Margaret bent her head gravely in assent. His face was as expressionless as a stone.
'I thought she might have mentioned me before she died,' he said slowly.
'Yes,' Margaret answered after a moment's pause; 'she did.'
'What did she say?'
'She told me that it was a secret, but that I was to tell you what she said, if I thought it best.'
'Are you going to tell me?'
It was impossible to guess whether he was controlling any emotion or not; but if the men with whom he had done business where large sums were involved had seen him now and had heard his voice, they would have recognised the tone and the expression.
'She said, "he did it,"' Margaret answered slowly, after a moment's thought.
'Was that all she said?'
'That was all. A moment later she was dead. Before she said it, she told me it was a secret, and she made me promise solemnly never to tell any one but you.'