But neither of them had anything of importance to tell.

The Princess has been ransacking her memory all about her affairs with your cousin; she's more certain than ever now that nobody in Russia but he and she knew anything about the jewel deal.

They were always in strict privacy when they discussed the matter; no one was present when she gave him the jewels; she never mentioned the affair to a soul, and she's confident from what she knew of him, that he wouldn't.

So she's more convinced than ever that the news got out from this side." "And Miss Lennard--what did she want ?" asked Allerdyke.
"Oh! she's found the various references--two or three of 'em--that she had with the French maid," replied Fullaway.

"I looked at them--there's nothing in them but what you'd expect to find.