'I wish I could agree with you, Henry--I wish I could honestly say that my mind is at ease.' The answer would have discouraged most men.

Henry's patience (where Agnes was concerned) was equal to any demands on it.
'If you will only look back at the events of the day,' he said, 'you must surely admit that we have not been completely baffled.

Remember how Dr.Bruno disposed of our doubts:--"After thirty years of medical practice, do you think I am likely to mistake the symptoms of death by bronchitis ?" If ever there was an unanswerable question, there it is! Was the consul's testimony doubtful in any part of it?
He called at the palace to offer his services, after hearing of Lord Montbarry's death; he arrived at the time when the coffin was in the house; he himself saw the corpse placed in it, and the lid screwed down.

The evidence of the priest is equally beyond dispute.

He remained in the room with the coffin, reciting the prayers for the dead, until the funeral left the palace.