'You can talk and talk,' I've told people, many a time, 'but you'll never convince me that Howard Quarrier hasn't a heart.' No, by jinks! they couldn't make me believe it.

And here's my proof--here's my vindication! Lydia, would you mind hunting up that cheque-book I left here before dinn--" He had made a mistake.

The girl flushed.

He choked up, and cast a startled glance at Quarrier.

But Quarrier, if he heard, made no motion of understanding.