"Have I ever compromised another?"
"But now you cannot avoid doing so. Sheffield is inside! What madness brings you here?"
"In the absence of the Hon. Maurice Anerly, I acted as Haredale's best man."
Sheard literally gasped.
"But you are not——"
"A Christian? My religious beliefs, Sheard, do not preclude my attendance at a wedding ceremony. Some day I may explain this to you."
"You must have been recognised!"
"Who knows Séverac Bablon?"
"At least four people now in that house!"
"Possibly. But no one of those four has seen me. No one of them was present at the ceremony; and, I assure you, I made myself scarce afterwards."