"The truth is I have a letter here for him to a
business friend in Montreal, which may be of service. Of course, I may
say to you that I am more than delighted that this letter of Potts has
quite cleared the young man, and that he goes to the new country with
reputation unstained. I am greatly delighted! greatly delighted! and I
wish the opportunity to say so."
"Indeed, we are all delighted," replied Dunn cordially, "though, of
course, I never could bring myself to believe him guilty of crime."
"Well, on the strength of the judgment of yourself and, I must confess,
of this young person here, I made my decision."
"Well," cried Miss Brodie, "I gave you my opinion because it was my
opinion, but I confess at times I had my own doubts--"
Here she paused abruptly, arrested by the look on young Rob's face; it
was a look of surprise, grief, and horror.
"That is to say," continued Miss Brodie hastily, answering the look, and
recognising that her high place in Rob's regard was in peril, "the whole
thing was a mystery--was impossible to solve--I mean," she continued,
stumbling along, "his own attitude was so very uncertain and so
unsatisfactory--if he had only been able to say clearly 'I am not
guilty' it would have been different--I mean--of course, I don't believe
him guilty.
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