"About a year. But tell me, doctor, what else did Lovel say?"
"Nothing much," replied Lester, with a shrug. "He declared that Herne went to visit Catinka in Bloomsbury Square."
"Oh, is that the address?" said Paul, taking out his note-book.
"It is. Number one thousand, Bloomsbury Square," said Lester. "Why do you make a note of it?"
"I'll tell you later on. What did you say to Lovel?"
"I told him that I would ask Herne as to the truth of these accusations."
"Did you do so?"
"I did. The very next time that he called at the house I saw him myself, and told him what Lovel said."
"Did he defend himself?"
"No." was Lester's unexpected reply. "He said that he knew Catinka well, and that he often visited her in London; but that his friendship with her was nothing to which Milly, or I, as Milly's father, could object."