'He did ask it, and I gave my word. I cannot withdraw now. That would not be fair and right.'
Kate shrugged her shoulders. 'I should pay him out in his own coin.'
'Like Charles at the circus?'
Kate coloured. 'That was another matter altogether. Mr. Langford had no right to put such a price on his forbearance. Besides, I don't believe in Charles's guilt. Sam does not, and, thick as some folks think Sam, he has as much brains as are wanted to fill a large skull, and these of first quality. Sam can see into a millstone.'
'Yes, Kate, but what is in a millstone?—the same as outside.'
'Sam says that he knows Charles is innocent.'
'What reasons does he give?'
'Oh, none at all. I did not ask for any. He thinks it, that is enough for me.'
'He thinks it, now; he knows it, a minute ago.'
'I am quite sure that Charles never took the money.'