He evidently believes that it is in the power of Dewey
to prove her guilty; and that if she makes any opposition to his
application for a divorce, he will hold her up disgraced before the
world."
"This letter might open his eyes."
"The letter is no defence of her; only a witness against him. It
does not prove her innocence. If it did, then it would turn toward
her a father's averted face. In court its effect will be to throw
doubt upon the sincerity of her husband's motives, and to show that
he had a reason, back of alleged infidelity, for wishing to be
divorced from his wife."
"I declare, Constance!" said I, looking at my wife in surprise, "you
have taken upon yourself a new character. I think the case is safe
in your hands, and that Mrs. Dewey wants no more judicious friend.
If you were a man, you might conduct the defence for her to a
successful issue."
"I am not a man, and, therefore, I come to a man," she replied, "and
ask the aid of his judgment. I go by a very straight road to
conclusions; but I want the light of your reason upon these
conclusions.
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