“I may see you some time, and I mustn’t keep you now,” he responded.
He started his team, and Colston turned to his companions.
“I’ll confess that I’ve had a great surprise.”
“Of course, you imagined that Mr. Prescott had gone for good!” said Muriel with scorn.
“I’m afraid I had some idea of that nature. He would hardly have come back if he were guilty.”
“Oh,” said Muriel mockingly, “you really can’t tell what an unscrupulous, bold man might do.”
“Spare me,” Colston begged with a laugh. “After all, it looks as if you have been right.” He turned to his wife. “What do you think?”
“Mr. Prescott’s guilt or innocence is a question I can’t decide; but in making us believe he was Cyril Jernyngham he did a very wrong and foolish thing. That Cyril may have urged him to do so is no excuse.”
“Leaving Mr. Prescott out, I think Cyril’s idea was a very generous one,” Muriel declared.
“How can you believe that?”