The same allegation as before, or at least a strikingly similar one. Francesca hadn't known how to respond the first time because it had seemed so outlandish she had wondered if Fogg was being hyperbolic or even just making it up, but hearing it twice made it seem as though it was something Finlay had actually said. What a pathetically small man. She would say she was embarrassed to have married him, except she hadn't had any choice in the matter. Fogg didn't have that excuse.
"Well, if there's one thing you can certainly trust it's the word of an adulterer," she said, and although she did not add it in words her tone certainly suggested what she was thinking: you blithering idiot, you naive fool, how could you have believed such an outrageous story? And a convenient one, too — she wondered what else Finlay had told Fogg to make himself look the victim in this scenario.
"Well, if there's one thing you can certainly trust it's the word of an adulterer," she said, and although she did not add it in words her tone certainly suggested what she was thinking: you blithering idiot, you naive fool, how could you have believed such an outrageous story? And a convenient one, too — she wondered what else Finlay had told Fogg to make himself look the victim in this scenario.