He remained silent a minute, and then said, "It does not matter; she would have been sure to hear it sooner or later, and I should have told her myself if he had not done so; besides, if, as I am afraid, this Berhampore business is the beginning of trouble, and of such trouble as we have never had since we set foot in India, it is likely that everyone will know what she knows now.

Has she spoken to you about it?
I suppose she has, or you would not have known that he mentioned it." "Yes, she was most indignant about it, and did not believe it." "And what did you say, Doctor ?" he asked indifferently.
"Well, I was sorry I could not tell her exactly what you told me.

It would have been better if I could have done so.

I simply said there were many sorts of courage, and that I was sure that you possessed many sorts in a very high degree, but I could not, of course, deny; although I did not admit, the truth of the report he had mentioned." "I don't think it makes much difference one way or the other," Bathurst said wearily.

"I have known all along that Isobel Hannay would not marry a coward, only I have gone on living in a fool's paradise.