But it was you who looked through my window earlier in the night, with a pistol in your hand.

You would have killed me if I had not turned." Genuine surprise shot into Jean's face.
"I have not been near your window, M'sieur.

Until I returned with M'sieur Adare I was waiting up the river, several miles from here.
Since then I have not left the house.

Josephine and her father can tell you this, if you need proof." "Your words are impossible!" exclaimed Philip.

"I could not have been mistaken.