If Raoul had been jealous of Count Godensky, whom he knew I had refused, what would he feel towards Ivor Dundas, a stranger whose name I had never mentioned, though he was received at my house after midnight?
I was thankful I hadn't taken Ivor's advice and introduced the two men at first, for in his then mood Raoul would have listened to no explanations.

He and I would never have arrived at the understanding we had reached now.

And not having been frank at first, I must be secret to the end.) The very asking of such a bold question--"Do you think I let a man in, and hid him ?" helped my cause with Raoul.
"No," he said, "I can't think it.

I won't, and don't think it.

And you need tell me nothing.