Chapter 6

We heard how he'd lied to her in his letters, writing glowing accounts of the success of his fictitious business; we heard how he'd on one excuse and another prevented her coming out to join him before. And we heard that the money which he'd received each month had not come from any business at home, but from her, out of the small private means she had. And he had pretended he was investing it for her in the island. All that and many other things did we hear as we sat in the darkening room--things which may not be …