I shall begin to think you're making a fool of me, and that there's nothing but--though that's bad enough for me." "Very well, I'll tell you.

She went away because it came out that the man was married." "Oh, that's it ?" He spoke from a dry throat.

"She told you herself ?" "Yes, not long after she came back.

She said, of course, she could have no more to do with him.

She used to meet him pretty often----" "Stay, how did she get to know him first ?" "Just by chance--somewhere." "I understand," said Hilliard grimly.