I've got something to ask you first.

I want to know why you looked so upset--as if you were going to faint--when that man came up to you to-day ?' 'Naturally, I was startled.

I had no idea he was in Australia.' 'But why should that have affected you.

One might have imagined he had been your lover.

Was he ever your lover, Biddy?
I must know.' 'And if he had been, do you think I should tell you,' she answered coldly.
McKeith's face turned a dark red.