If she had not turned Queen's evidence, she would have been punished as Clyne was; as it is, she just escaped by an accident.

Still, if it had not been for her, we should never have discovered the truth.

I would never have suspected Clyne, who was always so meek and mild.

Even that visit he paid to me to lament over his daughter's probable marriage to Ferruci was a trick to find out how much I knew." "Don't you think he hated Ferruci ?" "No; I am sure he did not.

He acted a part to find out what I was doing.
If Mrs.Clear had not betrayed him we should never have discovered the conspiracy." "And if Rhoda had not spoken, the mystery of Clear's death would never have been solved," said Diana, "although she only confessed at the eleventh hour, and when she was dying." "I think Link was pleased that the mystery was solved in so unexpected a way," said Lucian, laughing.