[The Fighting Chance by Robert W. Chambers]@TWC D-Link bookThe Fighting Chance CHAPTER VII PERSUASION 73/84
So I leave it to you.
I ask you what are you going to do ?" "Do you mean"-- Quarrier's voice was not his own, and he brought it harshly under command--"do you mean that you think it necessary for me to say I knew her? What object would be attained by that? I did not take her to the Patroons'." "Nor did I.Ask her how she got there.
Learn the truth from her, man!" "What proof is there that I ever met her before I took her into supper at Fleetwood's ?" "Proof! Are you mad? All I ask of you is to say to the governors what I cannot say without using your name." "You wish me," asked Quarrier icily, "to deny that you made that wager? I can do that." "You can't do it! I did make that bet." "Oh! Then, what is it you wish me to say ?" "Tell them the truth.
Tell them you know I did not take her to the club. You need not tell them why you know it.
You need not tell them how much you know about her, whose brougham she drove home in.
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