"I do not."
"I say you do. Where have you seen her before last night?"
"Nowhere."
"I say you have, and you shall tell me. Merle, why do you not speak? What makes you act in this contrary manner? Speak. You know this woman."
"Yes."
"I knew it. Did the sight of her make you ill?"
"Yes."
"Just what I thought. What is she now, or what has she formerly been to you?"
"I was her lover."
"Ah!"