"Why not?"
"You appear to be an honorable man; let me ask you one question: Did you ever meet Miss Amalie Speir?"
"I never saw her in my life," came the truthful answer.
"You know her mother?"
"I do."
"You can tell her mother that I say on my honor I do not know anything about the present whereabouts of her daughter."
"Oh, I see, you do not trust me."
"No, I distrust you."
"You distrust me?"
"I do."