“I will tell you.”
“Do so.”
“He is the thief, the forger, and he desires to cover his own guilt.”
The young lady looked amazed and our hero added:
“I wonder that you could for one moment believe these terrible stories.”
“I did not believe them, but——”
“Go on, miss.”
“The proofs——”
“What proofs?”
“The proofs of his guilt.”