And, by the way, you did it rather well.

I was quite astonished how she let things out just now when she came to me.

You did it very well.

And I thought you were an utter fool!" The other man glanced wickedly under his brows and set his teeth, but he said nothing; he was afraid to utter a word lest he should rouse his victim from his state of calm and quiet.
"It was clever of you to saddle poor little Susie Morton's trouble on me, while you were really the man--the scoundrel, I should say; it was clever of you to rake up all my little sky-larkings and turn them into something worse.

Well, they say that 'all is fair in love and war.' You won, you took her away from me--and it's about Miriam that I've come to talk to you." Heyton moistened his lips and, with his eyes fixed on his patent leather boots, he said, thickly: "Did you tell her that--the truth ?" Dene laughed shortly.