Let me follow this out.

I am afraid Cunliffe has been a traitor; that fellow is not reliable: no parsons are.

Let me hear what you have against me, Miss Garston.

I have spoken against your pet theory, and you are aggrieved in consequence,' He spoke in a half-jesting manner, but his ironical voice challenged me.
I felt I detested him, and he should know why.
'I expected to be misunderstood,' I returned coldly, 'but hardly to be accused of hysterical goodness.

To be sure, a girl will do anything nowadays to get herself talked about!' 'Oh,' in a low voice, 'that rascal! But I will be even with him.