He did not, in truth, think that it was so, but there was the chance.

There was the chance, and he could not bear to be deceived.

He felt assured that Ziska Zamenoy and Lotta Luxa believed that this deed was in Nina's keeping.

Indeed, he was assured that all the household of the Zamenoys so believed.

"If there be a God above us, it is there," Lotta had said, crossing herself.