Surely you understood this clearly ?" "In a measure that is quite true," feeling the sharp sting of her words.
"Yet the comparison is hardly fair, is it?
I am not a detective in the sense with which you employ the term.

No question of pay even has been discussed between us.

The appeal to my services was from an entirely different stand-point.

More, you even investigated rather carefully my social and financial standing before taking me into your confidence, or admitting me to your home.

Is this not true ?" "Undoubtedly.