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He might know too much!'
'And are all those letters from duns?'
'Mostly, but I only keep those letters I have to attend to and those
I care for.'
'Show me the bundle!' she said. Then seeing him hesitate, added:
'You know if I am to help you to get clear you must take me into your
confidence. I dare say I shall have to see a lot more letters than
these before you are quite clear!' Her tone was too quiet. Knowing
already the silent antagonism between them he began to suspect her;
knowing also that her own letter was not amongst them, he used his
wits and handed them over without a word. She, too, suspected him.
After his tacit refusal to give her the letter, she almost took it
for granted that it was not amongst them. She gave no evidence of
her feeling, however, but opened and read the letters in due
sequence; all save two, which, being in a female hand, she gave back
without a word. There was a calmness and an utter absence of
concern, much less of jealousy, about this which disconcerted him.


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