Chapter 20

"Have I? Don't know that I have, sir," I repeated, actually flushing. "Of course you have, and you know it," said he, emphatically. "But who told you of this?" "Cora." "Cora?" "Yes, with tears in her eyes, this morning." "Tears! This is incomprehensible. I have only been a single night under the same roof with Lady Loftus." "Yet Cora has discovered your secret. Girls are quick-sighted in such matters, I can tell you." "But why had Cora tears?" "Don't for the life of me know, unless it be that she fears your lov…