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"You say 'twas I! Indeed, sir, 'tis not so; My hands are innocent of this man's blood. Nay, never fear! I pardon what you say; Your judgment is misled by false report. Why! if you heed the idle tongues that wag, There's not an honest man would 'scape the law; For every act bears two interpretations -- One good, one bad -- so that our enemies Use that which fits in best with their desires, As evil witness 'gainst our true intents. "
There is no doubt that peril sharpens the wits of all, therefore Mrs. Belswin, in her interview with the Italian, proved herself such an able diplomatist, that after some difficulty she obtained what she wanted. According, therefore, to the arrangement she made with Ferrari, he was to tell Maxwell as much as possible of his doings at Deswarth without mentioning the name of Mrs. Belswin.