“Now, I want to recall to your attention several things you have told me, to which you have not attached much importance. I want to group them together for your consideration, and, after I have done so, ask you a few questions upon points suggested by them.”
“Very well. I only wish I might be able to tell you something of importance.”
“You have already told me several things of very great importance.”
“Indeed, sir, I did not know it.”
“Possibly not. Now listen.”
“Yes, sir.”
“You have said that Miss Mercedes seemed startled when she saw Paul Rogers for the first time.”
“Yes.”
“You have told me that, although Isabel seemed to come to the house without especial recommendation, she seemed not unknown to Orizaba, and that, in fact, there seemed to be an understanding between them.”
“Yes; I often thought there was.”