“Because you will not send Dexter back.”
“Indeed, my dear, but I shall. I am beaten, and I give up.”
“But you said you would forgive everything but the deceit and falsehood.”
“Yes, everything.”
“There is no deceit and falsehood to forgive.”
“What?”
“Dexter has told me everything. The simple truth.”
“But he should have told it before, and said he took the boat.”
“He told the truth in every respect, papa.”
“My dear Helen,” said the doctor pettishly, “you are as obstinate as I am. The lying young dog—”