It may be a bogey, or it may not.

If it isn't, she would have us at her mercy; and it's too big a risk to run.

You live in the same house with him, don't you?
Do you often see him ?" "Not often," she answered.
He was reading a letter.

"You were dining there on Friday night, weren't you ?" he asked her, without looking up.
Joan flushed.

What did he mean by cross-examining her in this way?
She was not at all used to impertinence from the opposite sex.
"Your information is quite correct," she answered.
Her anger betrayed itself in her tone; and he shot a swift glance at her.
"I didn't mean to offend you," he said.