"There are certain things that we must understand together," he said with authority, obeying the instinct which told him that to succeed he must take the upper hand.
Her eyebrows came together in a straight flight.
"I have not hesitated to trust in you—you must in me. Tell me. You have reason to suspect that Mrs. Bloodgood took the ring—at least, the first time?"
"'I have not hesitated to trust in you—you must in me'"
She shook her head, but without anger.
"Don't you understand," he said quickly, "that I must know why you acted as you did?"
Still her only answer was a deep-taken breath.
"I swear to you, if Mrs. Bloodgood did take it," he said, "I would not condemn her. On the contrary, I would pity her."
"Why should Mrs. Bloodgood, who has millions, do such a thing?" she said quietly.