"It may have been," said the woman indifferently. "I don't know anything about it."
"Did not Jeringham show it to you when you joined him in the garden?"
"I tell you I did not see him on that night. When you found out my secret, I was afraid that you and the mistress would betray it to my brother Denis, so I left the room and fled. I thought Jeringham would join me at Horriston next day, but then I heard of your supposed death, and that he had fled. Until this hour I did not know that it was the other way round."
"Did not Hilliston tell you? He knew."
"No, Captain Larcher, he did not," said Mrs. Bezel emphatically. "He said that Jeringham had gone to America with my brother."
"Where did you go after leaving Horriston?"
"I came to London, and remained there till my baby was born."
"And then?"
"I found that my money had come to an end, and called at Mr. Hilliston's office to ask him to help me."
"What right had you to expect help from him."