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possibilities of dull men are exciting because when they happen they
suggest legendary cases of "possession," not exactly by the devil but,
anyhow, by a strange spirit.
"I told him it was a shame," said Fyne. "Even if the girl did make eyes
at him--but I think with you that she did not. Yes! A shame to take
advantage of a girl's--a distresses girl that does not love him in the
least."
"You think it's so bad as that?" I said. "Because you know I don't."
"What can you think about it," he retorted on me with a solemn stare. "I
go by her letter to my wife."
"Ah! that famous letter. But you haven't actually read it," I said.
"No, but my wife told me. Of course it was a most improper sort of
letter to write considering the circumstances. It pained Mrs. Fyne to
discover how thoroughly she had been misunderstood. But what is written
is not all. It's what my wife could read between the lines. She says
that the girl is really terrified at heart."
"She had not much in life to give her any very special courage for it, or
any great confidence in mankind.


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