Brewster felt hurt and insulted, while she felt that he had imposed upon her disgracefully.

He was now ready to cry quits and it surprised him to find her obdurate.

If he had expected to dictate the terms of peace he was woefully disappointed when she treated his advances with cool contempt.
"Barbara, you know I care very much for you," he was pleading, fairly on the road to submission.

"I am sure you are not quite indifferent to me.

This foolish misunderstanding must really be as disagreeable to you as it is to me." "Indeed," she replied, lifting her brows disdainfully.