Betty's brow cleared, and she laughed.

I saw at once that I was on a wrong track.
"Why should he have his knife into Randall?
I suppose you've got Phyllis in your mind." "I have.

How did you guess ?" She laughed again.
"What other reason could he have?
But how did you come to hear of Randall and Phyllis ?" "Never mind," said I, "I did.

And if Gedge is angry, I can to some extent sympathize with him." "But he's not.

Not the least little bit in the world," she declared, lighting a cigarette.