Then came a silence.
Paul broke it at length with an effort, standing, as it were, on the edge of the forbidden topic.
"Steinmetz will take you all the way," he said, "and then come back to me.

You can safely trust yourself to his care." "Yes," answered the girl, looking at the food set before her with a helpless stare.

"It is not that.

Can I safely trust Etta's memory to your judgment?
You are very stern, Paul.

I think you might easily misjudge her.