Presently he laid one hand over hers, and she straightened up with a tiny shock, turned and looked him full in the eyes.
"I'll tell you why you failed me--failed to keep the first appointment I ever asked of you.

It was because you were so preoccupied with a mask in flame colour." He thought a moment: "Did you believe you saw me with somebody in a vermilion costume ?" "Yes; I did see you.

It was too late for me to retire without attracting your attention.

I was not a willing eavesdropper." "Who was the girl you thought you saw me with ?" "Sylvia Quest.

She unmasked.