"Where did you find them?" he asked.
"At present I am not free to say how they were recovered," I replied.
"No doubt Miss Hamerton will give it out later."
"I think I understand," he said with a compassionate air. "I suppose
there will be no prosecution."
"I do not know," I said blandly.
"Maybe it would be better never to speak of the matter to her?" he said
softly.