‘Yes. I saw it in the papers.’
‘I waited till after the funeral, then I came away. But we won’t talk about that; I’ve hardly got over it yet. I’ve something else to say to you.’
‘Well?’
‘Do you remember a question you asked me in Paris—whether I knew anything of a clergyman of the name of Bradley who was paying his addresses to your cousin?’
‘Of course I do; and you said——’
‘That I only knew him very slightly.’
‘Pardon me, but you said you didn’t know him at all!’
‘Did I? Then I made a slight mistake.
‘I do know the person you mean by sight!’
George Craik looked at the speaker with some astonishment, for he had a good memory, and a very vivid recollection of what she had said to him during their interview.