Then the Senechal said very kindly, "I perceive we are getting on to somewhat delicate ground, Mr.Gard, but, for your own sake.

I would suggest that no occasion should be given to any to say that you are hiding anything from the court." "Very well, sir, I have nothing whatever to hide, and I have still less to be ashamed of.

I found Miss Hamon was weeping bitterly at what her brother had said, and I tried to get her to tell me what it was, but she would not.

I said I knew it was something against me, but I hoped by this time she had learned to know and trust me.

I told her her sobs cut me to the heart and that I would give my life to save her from trouble.
In a word, I told her I loved her, and in the excitement of the moment she dropped a word or two that gave me an inkling of what Tom had said.
It was casting dirt at both her and myself.