“Now let us get back to the moment you returned to the Fells after your errand to the city. When you stepped forward to speak to your mistress, who was already in the carriage, was Isabel also there—in the carriage?”
“Why—yes, sir.”
“Are you sure? Did you see her?”
“Of course, I saw her.”
“I mean, did you see her face so that you recognized it, or did you only suppose it to be her, because of the circumstance? Think, now, and reply carefully.”
“Why, I have always been certain that it was Isabel, sir.”
“Did she not also wear a veil?”
“I really do not know, sir.”
“In other words, you did not really look at her at all. You had eyes only for your beloved mistress. Is that not true?”