farrant. Yes, of course.
wedgecroft. I wonder. Perhaps she didn't realize he'd been sent for . . or felt then she was dying and didn't care . . or lost her head. I don't know.
farrant. Such a pretty little woman!
wedgecroft. If I could have made him out and dealt with him, of course, I shouldn't have come to you. Farrant's known him even longer than I have.
farrant. I was with him at Harrow.
wedgecroft. So I went to Farrant first.
That part of the subject drops. cantelupe, who has not moved, strikes in again.
cantelupe. How was Trebell's guilt discovered?
farrant. He wrote her one letter which she didn't destroy. O'Connell found it.
wedgecroft. Picked it up from her desk . . it wasn't even locked up.