"Did you--know it?"
"Of course I did."
"Did you--know it all along?"
"Certainly--that is, let me be exact; it's as well to be exact--now and then. When I heard that story at 'The Bolton Arms' I would have bet that you were; when you came out of my house, and I saw you standing on the ledge, I was sure that you were. They have your description so pat, over at Newcaster, that it was impossible not to recognise you."
"Then--then why did you give me my breakfast?"
"Why shouldn't I? You were my guest."
"When--when you knew that I was Dorothy Gilbert!"
"Well? What follows? Even so you were my guest."
"When--when you believed I'd done that thing?"
"I didn't say that I did believe it; you jump at conclusions."