11/26 "But there is this----" "There is this, too," interrupting him passionately. "You accuse me of deception most wrongfully, and I--I accuse you of the worst thing of all, of listening behind my back--of listening deliberately to what was never meant for you to hear." "I did not listen," says Rylton, who is now very white. "It so chanced that I stood near the arbour; but I heard only one word, and it was about some secret. I did not stay." Tita turns to him with a vehemence that arrests him. |