"And you know nothing of its contents, of course?"
"I do, madame."
"And yet you undertook to deliver it?"
"Yes, madame."
"Why so?"
"In order to find out whether my uncle is mad enough to be locked up, or fiendishly cruel."
"In other words—you were not sure—you wished to know if I had given him any right to write such a letter?"
"I did not believe it, and I expected that you would order me to be turned away without a reply."
"Then—as I receive you, you conclude——?"
"Nothing, madame, except that you can do nothing more cruel than leave me in uncertainty."