"It was most improper of you." "It was nothing of the sort," he answered bluntly.

"You came into the picture and I could not keep you out.

You were there, so you had to stay." "It was much too flattering," she objected.
Again he contradicted her.
"I could not flatter if I tried," he assured her.

"It was just you." She laughed softly.
"It is so difficult to argue with you," she murmured.

"All the same, I think that it was most improper.