You now know as much as I did when I arrived at Craig Fernie--and you are, therefore, in a position to appreciate the value of my discoveries at the inn.

Do you understand every thing, so far ?" "Perfectly!" "Very good.

I drove up to the inn; and--behold me closeted with Mrs.
Inchbare in her own private parlor! (My reputation may or may not suffer, but Mrs.Inchbare's bones are above suspicion!) It was a long business, Blanche.

A more sour-tempered, cunning, and distrustful witness I never examined in all my experience at the Bar.

She would have upset the temper of any mortal man but a lawyer.