"I don't know.

It all depends.

Which would you do ?" he asked, half sarcastically.
She was silent for a moment, then she said: "You knew Sir Stephen some time ago--years ago, father ?" Falconer nodded.

"I did," he said, shortly.
"And you were friends, and you quarrelled ?" He looked at her with an air of surprise.
"I saw you both when you stood opposite each other after the carriage accident," she said, coolly.

"I am not blind, and I am not particularly stupid.