"Yes; I was with her for two hours."
"Ah!" said Tait, with great satisfaction; "she must have told you a good deal in that time."
"She did. She told me more than I expected."
"Did it concern your parents?"
"It did."
"Good! Then you no doubt heard her version of the crime."
"Yes!"
These unsatisfactory replies, which dropped so strangely from Larcher's lips, at once puzzled and irritated the questioner.
"You don't seem anxious to confide in me," he said, in a piqued tone.
"I will tell you all. I am anxious to tell you all," replied Larcher, finding his tongue, "but I do not know how to begin."