"You lied to your husband because you didn't wish to give your good-natured friends away. Is that really your reason, Mrs. Admaston?"
"Yes," she answered, "and I loathed myself for it."
"It was perhaps the first time that you had deceived your husband?" Sir Robert said blandly.
"Yes," came the answer with a pause, and very faintly given.
"You arrived at the hotel under the impression that your presence in Paris was due to a mistake?"
"Yes."
"You supped in your room with Mr. Collingwood?"
"Yes."
"And what time did you sup?"
"About 10 or 10.15."