"I know of no reason why I should doubt your word."
"I have already deceived you."
"Eh! you have already deceived me?"
"I have."
"In what direction?"
"I told you I had never seen or spoken to Alphonse Donetti?"
"I remember."
"My denial was false."
The detective was silent.
"I did not dare let my aunt know that I had ever seen him."