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84  Oh, I don't know what I am saying. My head is so confused after this long journey——  [Rising.] My girl, take my advice—if you sent the telegram to Margaret Schiller, say so. There is nothing criminal in that nothing whatever.  [After a pause.} Sir Robert, I have not told you the truth. I do know Margaret Schiller. I met her at St. Moritz last winter. And when she returned to England I promised that if I ever came to London I would let her know. There's no harm in that, is there?  None at all. But why didn't you say so before?  Because the war has intervened, and as I was coming to your house I didn't think you would like me to have friends among enemy aliens. You can understand that, can't you?

 Perfectly. So it was you who sent the telegram to Margaret Schiller?  Yes.  [Quickly.] What did you say in it?