I was silent again, for her manner made me feel that she still scorned me. I looked towards her; she was gazing steadily into the fire. "Where am I now?" I asked, after a painful silence. "At Restormel." "Ah!" "Does the fact surprise you?" "Everything surprises me. Nothing surprises me. I am somewhat dazed. Restormel, that is your father's house, your own home?" "My father's house--yes. My own home--I know not." "What do you mean?" and at that moment I remembered the suspicions which were aroused in my mind by Otho Killigrew's questions. Again she refrained from replying, her eyes still fixed on the glowing embers. "Let me tell you something," I cried. "My thoughts may be groundless, but it may be well for you to know them." Then I related to her the conversation I had had with the Catholic priest at Padstow. At that time I had not regarded it of importance, as it simply referred to a complaint about the unfairness of the marriage laws, where Catholics were concerned. After this I told her of Otho Killigrew's visit, of what he had said, and of the bargain we had made. "On consideration I thought it best to promise him this," I concluded. "He aroused certain suspicions in my mind, and I thought I could still serve you if I were free. It may be I acted wrongly, but I thought it was worth the risk." During the recital she uttered no sound. She seemed to be much changed since that night when we had parted at Treviscoe. "And I--I have relieved you of the necessity of telling him anything, I suppose?" she said icily. "Yes," I replied, feeling that she mistrusted me again. I longed to ask her what had happened since the night I had left her with Peter Trevisa, but I dared not; her manner froze the words on my lips. "You do not know why Trevisa asked you to take me to his house?" she said presently. "I only know what he told me. I knew that was not all the truth. He thought he had some hold upon you." "And you had no idea what it was?" "Not then." "And now?" "Nothing but what was aroused in my mind by what I have just told you." "Master Roger Trevanion," she said, rising from her seat and facing me, "you tried to persuade me not to go to that man's house." "I did." "And I persisted in going. I did so for two reasons." "And they?" "One was that you should be able to claim the price of your hire." "Do not taunt me with that." "The other was that I determined to find out the reason he had in wishing to get me there. I had not been able to understand all the Killigrews had hinted from time to time. I thought that Trevisa's motives might have a connection with what they had said." "And you were not afraid?" "Women are not all so cowardly as you think. I might have acted differently had his son been with him, but when I found him alone I determined to stay until I had discovered what was in his mind." "And you discovered it?" "Yes."