As Sir Anthony did not speak, I went on.
"You can't judge a man with Leonard Boyce's record on the EX PARTE statement of a malevolent beast like Gedge.

Look back.

If there had been any affair between Althea and Boyce, the merest foolish flirtation, even, do you think it would have passed unnoticed?
You, Edith, Betty--I myself--would have cast an uneasy eye.

When we were looking about, some months ago, at the time of your sister-in-law's visit, for a possible man, the thought of Leonard Boyce never entered our heads.

The only man you could rush at was young Randall Holmes, and I laughed you out of the idea.