"
"The woman is raving mad!" said I. "You, illustrious sir, know
that, in the first instance, I have not yet been in this place one
month." My friend shook his head again, and answered me: "You
are wrong, my dear friend; you are wrong. It is indeed the space
of time that the lady hath stated, to a day, since you came here,
and I came with you; and I am sorry that I know for certain that
you have been frequently haunting her house, and have often had
private correspondence with one of the young ladies, too. Of the
nature of it I presume not to know."
"You are mocking me," said I. "But as well may you try to reason
me out of my existence as to convince me that I have been here
even one month, or that any of those things you allege against me
has the shadow of truth or evidence to support it. I will swear to
you, by the great God that made me; and by--"
"Hold, thou most abandoned profligate!" cried she violently, "and
do not add perjury to your other detestable crimes. Do not, for
mercy's sake, any more profane that name whose attributes you
have wrested and disgraced. But tell me what reparation you
propose offering to my injured child.
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