"It didn't seem to matter when once I'd got away; and I knew it would only make you cross." "How did he make love to you ?" demanded Merryon.
He tried to see her face, but she hid it resolutely against him.

"Don't, Billikins! It doesn't matter now." "It does matter," he said, sternly.
Puck was silent.
Merryon continued inexorably.

"I suppose it was your own fault.

You led him on." She gave a little nervous laugh against his breast.

"I never meant to, Billikins.