The sincerity of her anger challenged him.
"How dared you come to me with this tale?"
"Because it is true."
"How do you know?"
"I have seen and heard things."
"Well, then, you, too, are something of a spy."
"I could not help seeing and hearing what I did. I am not the only man who has suspected your father of French sympathies. As for De Rothan, we ought to have known him for a rogue. We English are such easy-going fools."
She walked on, head in air, eyes looking into the distance.
"I will not believe it."
"I am sorry."