"To refute Lord Mark's story? No, not even if before her there I had
wanted to. What did it signify either? She was dying."
"Well," Kate in a manner persisted, "why not just _because_ she was
dying?" She had however all her discretion. "But of course I know that
seeing her you could judge."
"Of course seeing her I could judge. And I did see her! If I had denied
you moreover," Densher said with his eyes on her, "I'd have stuck to
it."
She took for a moment the intention of his face. "You mean that to
convince her you'd have insisted or somehow proved--?"
"I mean that to convince _you_ I'd have insisted or somehow proved--!"