“I did not know. I had no thought about it save that you had been out somewhere together; but I thought I understood the reason for that.”
“Precisely. You mean that you supposed that we had gone out of this house together this morning, do you not?”
“Certainly.”
“It did not occur to you that I had just come from New York, and, in fact, had never set foot upon this estate before?”
“No.”
“Why?”
“Because I knew better than that. I beg, sir, that you will not attempt to deceive me. I will appreciate everything you would do for my brother, but do not think that I can be deceived.”
“I think you have been deceived and now I am endeavoring to set you right. You say you knew that I had not just come here from New York. Tell me exactly why you think you knew that.”
“Because I saw you before.”
“Ah! Now, are you sure that it was I whom you saw? Did you see me sufficiently plainly to identify me?”