"Henry isn't your friend--you dislike one another, I know.

You men seem to have a sort of freemasonry which compels you to tell falsehoods about one another, but in this case I am going to remind you that I have the greater claim, and I am going to ask you for the sober truth.

Henry has once or twice, during the last few days, hinted to me that his presence in Monte Carlo just now has some sort of political significance.

He is very vague about it all, but he evidently wants me to believe that he is staying here against his own inclinations.

Now I want to ask you a plain question.