“It is a fact, then?”
“Yes, positively.”
“You are acquainted with Ralph Sheldon, aren’t you?”
“I am.”
“And Philip Floyd?”
“Yes.”
“Are they friends of yours?”
“I think so,” Kate coolly nodded. “I have no reason to doubt it.”
“Why, then, did they not tell you that Darling was a married man?” Nick demanded. “They knew it.”
“And they supposed that I knew it,” Kate curtly explained. “They had no idea that I was ignorant of it. They saw me with Darling only occasionally, and they attributed no special significance to it.”