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"Do you ht it harshly under command--"do you mean that you think it necessary for me to say I knew her? What object would be attained by that? I did not take her to the Patroons'"
"Nor did I Ask her how she got there Learn the truth from her, man!"
"What proof is there that I ever met her before I took her into supper at Fleetwood's?"
"Proof! Are you overnors what I cannot say without using your name"
"You wish er? I can do that"
"You can't do it! I did make that bet"
"Oh! Then, what is it you wish me to say?"
"Tell them the truth Tell them you know I did not take her to the club You need not tell them why you know it You need not tell theham she drove home in I can't defend myself at your expense--intrench myself behind your dirty little ro her to the club Then Major Belwether confronted er Then I shut up And so did you, Quarrier--so did you, seated there aovernors, between Leroy Mortimer and Belwether It was up to you, and you did not stir!"
"Stir!" echoed the other man, exasperated "Of course I did not stir What did I know about it? Do you think I care to give a ?--or Belwether--do you think I care to have thatabout my private and personal business? Did you expectone way or another? And," he added with increasing harshness, "how do you knohat I ht not prove? If she went to the Patroons Club, I did not go with her; I did not see her; I don't knohether or not you took her"
"I have already told you that I did not take her," said Siward, turning whiter
"You told that to the governors, too Tell theain, if you like I decline to discuss this matter with you I decline to countenance your unwarranted intrusion into what you pretend to believe are my private affairs I decline to confer with Belwether or Mortih that you are inclined toHe rose to his full, ers twisting his silky beard "It's enough that you meddle!" he repeated "As for theer; and later I er had been carried out to the letter I know absolutely nothing except that, Mr Siward; nor, it appears, do you, for you were drunk at the time, and you have admitted it to me"