And she--" "Bosh!" interrupted Mallow roughly, "he would give himself away." "Not if the letter was anonymous." "Perhaps," said the other again; "but Basil may have been about the place and have accused me." "In that case he must explain his reason for being in the neighborhood at that hour.

But he won't, and you may be sure Miss Saxon, for his sake, will hold her tongue.

No, Mallow.

Someone accuses you to Miss Saxon--Basil or another.

If we could only make her speak--" Cuthbert shook his head.