When she left the dock, I was standing near enough to hear the orders Madame Duclos gave on entering a cab.

Naturally, mine were the same.

I have been in New York before, and I knew the hotel.

If you will consult the Universal's register for the day, you will find my name in it under hers.
You will understand why I shrank from confessing to this fact before.

I held her in such honor--I was and am so anxious that no shadow should fall upon her innocence from my poor story of secret and unrecognized devotion.