"He has declined the proposal, if my information from Mr. Tulkinghorn be correct, as I have no doubt it is. Mr. Tulkinghorn being always correct and exact; still that does not," says Sir Leicester, "that does not lessen the anomaly, which is fraught with strange considerations--startling considerations, as it appears to me."

"He has declined the proposal, if my information from Mr. Tulkinghorn is correct, as I have no doubt it is. Still," says Sir Leicester, "that does not lessen the strangeness of it."
