"
"If the truth, as you term it, is a reflection upon his honor you need
not fear to tell me, for I know that you have been misled."
"You are firm in your trust in his honor and good character?"
"I am."
"Poor girl! you are infatuated and deceived."
"You may think so."
"I have the proofs."
"Satisfactory to you, no doubt, but not proofs after all."
"I know he is associated with vile characters."
"I don't doubt it," came the answer.
"You don't doubt it?"
"No."
The detective gazed aghast as he exclaimed:
"And you still maintain his integrity?"
"I do."
"I cannot understand."
"No; some day you will understand it."
"I saw him attempt a crime. I prevented him from committing what I
believe would have been a murder."
"Not a murder," replied Alice.
Oscar Dunne was no fool, but he was perplexed, for he discovered at last
that the girl Alice possessed certain information that she was
withholding.
"There is something you know that you have not revealed to me.
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