"Mr Coventry, I know from whom they came."
"Miss Hardy, you don't mean it! From whom?"
"They came," with a rapid glance she looked down, then up again, "from a woman."
"A woman!" Mr Coventry looked considerably startled. "What woman?"
"Ah, there it is!"
Mr Coventry still looked startled.
"I suppose, Miss Hardy, you are simply making a shot at it."
"It looks to me like the act of a woman. Think! Is there a woman possible?"
Mr Coventry looked even disconcerted.
"It--it can't be. It--it's quite impossible."