Book 3, Chapter 25: Suspense: and a Discovery

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​⁠“I had hoped,” said Jasper, as we met by the table, “that you would come on here. I had to take the chance. I suppose you understood why I made myself scarce as soon as you had seen me?”

“I assumed that you thought it better that we should not be seen together just at present.”

“It is more than unadvisable,” said he. “It is vitally important. We will talk about that letter—but not here. There is a l