"Bless you!" exclaimed Jermyn, with the demonstration appropriate to the circumstances. There was a short silence, which Kate broke by saying:
"I wonder what was in that letter about you and me."
Jermyn did not answer.
"Do you know?" Kate asked.
"Yes."
"Then tell me."
"I can't, my dear—really I can't."
"Do you think it right that either of us should keep anything from the other?"
"No; but a communication from a husband to his wife belongs only to the two—Mr. and Mrs. Highwood."