“That’s the whole truth. But when I explained the matter to the prosecuting attorney, he just smiled.”
“I know it’s the truth, because you say it.” She affectionately patted the hand that she held. “But, again speaking legally, it wouldn’t sound very plausible to an outsider. But how do you explain the situation?”
“I think the whole affair must be just a mistake.”
“Possibly. But if so, you’ll have to be able to prove it.” She thought a space. “Could it be that this is a manufactured charge?”
Doctor West’s eyes widened with amazement.
“Why, of course not! You have forgotten that the man who makes the charge is Mr. Sherman. You surely do not think he would let himself be involved in anything that he did not believe to be in the highest degree honourable?”
“I do not know him very well. During the four years he has been here, I have met him only a few times.”
“But you know what your dearest friend thinks of him.”
“Yes, I know Elsie considers her husband to be an ecclesiastical Sir Galahad. And I must admit that he has seemed to me the highest type of the modern young minister.”