"I should laugh."
"And I," said Mrs. Mexton energetically, "would be utterly disinclined to believe that a Christian gentlewoman would fall to such a depth of degradation."
"Christian gentlewomen, like all others of their sex, are amenable to jealousy," declared Paul, grimly.
"Jealousy!" repeated Iris--"and Miss Clyde was jealous?"
"So Brent says. She loves Lucas Lovel and hated your sister."
"Does Brent say she committed the crime on that motive?"
"Yes; he saw her following the pair in the lane on that night."
"Then Lovel did meet Milly?"
"He did."
"And Mr. Lovel bribed him to hold his tongue?"