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`` She and her lover obviously went off in the motor together at twelve o'clock . They are probably in London , by now . '' I did not give her confidence for confidence . I had practically promised Banks not to say that I had seen him on Jervaise Clump at five o'clock that morning , and I was not the least tempted to reveal that important fact to Miss Tattersall . I diverted the angle of our talk a trifle , at the same time allowing my companion to assume that I agreed with her conclusion . `` Do you know , '' I said , `` that the person I 'm most sorry for in this affair is Mr. Jervaise . He seems absolutely broken by it . ''