"Yes, madam."
"You must be mistaken."
"I am not mistaken, and I thought I would come to you first—yes, come to you before I saw him, because I know you are deeply interested in him."
"Only in a general way."
"Don't say that, madam."
"Why not?"
"Simply because the statement does not agree with information I have received."
"What information have you received?"
"I have been informed that you are very deeply interested in the young man."
"It is not true; I have sought to aid him, that is all."