“I shall ask him if he said it.”
“I wouldn’t.”
“Why?”
“Oh, well, you know, he might ask some awkward questions in his turn. You see, I have never told anyone yet about your—double. I don’t think I should care to entrust him with the secret.”
“But why let it trouble you, Mr. Holt—why not forget it—and her?”
“Oh, I am not allowing it to trouble me.”
“You seem to be always talking about it.”
“I have never mentioned it to a soul except yourself.”
“I should think—” Kitty began, then turned away to meet Lady Clevedon, whose conference with Dr. Crawford had just terminated.
The old lady stood glaring at me for a moment or two.