In writing an account of other people's lives it is difficult to know what to put in and what to leave out.

If you bring in your own predilections or prejudices or speculations concerning them, you must convey a distorted impression.

You lie about them unconsciously.

A fact is a fact, and, if it is important, ought to be recorded.

But when you are not sure whether it is a fact or not, what are you to do?
Perhaps I had better narrate what happened and tell you afterwards why I hesitate.
Marigold had driven me over to Godbury, where I had business connected with a County Territorial Association, and we were returning home.