‘It seemed to me that there was little left to understand after that night in the garden.’
‘That night in the garden!’
‘When’——
‘Yes—when’——
‘I overheard’——
‘Overheard what?’
‘Is it possible that you can have forgotten?’
She was gazing at him with bewildered eyes. She evidently knew nothing of what her questioner referred to.
‘The letter must be true!’ he said to himself, with his eyes still fixed searchingly on her.
She recovered herself with an effort. ‘Why recall these painful recollections?’ she asked.