"Dead" secrecy was the keystone of all plans and confidences.
The spate of Sir Richmond's confidences, it was evident, was over.
And Pitt, after all, was his friend and loved him, and, so, a proper man for confidences.
Either he regretted the extent of his confidences or the slight irrational irritation that he felt at waiting for his car affected his attitude towards his companion, or Dr. Martineau's tentatives were ill-chosen.