"I can see that she has long dark-brown hair, falling below her waist. I can see that she has lovely dark-brown eyes. She has the look of a sensitive nervous person. She is quite young. I can see no more.""Look again at the man who is putting the ring on her finger,"said the Captain. "Are you sure that the face you see is the face of Mr. Percy Linwood?""I am absolutely sure."
Captain Bervie rose from his chair.
"Thank you, madam," he said to the Doctor's mother. "I have heard enough."He walked to the door. Mr. Percy Linwood dropped Doctor Lagarde's hand, and appealed to the retiring Captain with a broad stare of astonishment.
"You don't really believe this?" he said.
"I only say I have heard enough," Captain Bervie answered.
Mr. Linwood could hardly fail to see that any further attempt to treat the matter lightly might lead to undesirable results.
