20/43 "You have let the cat out of the bag. There is such a mark, then, and this extraordinary young man has discerned it with the eye of science." "He never discerned it at all," said Rosa, red as fire; "and, what is more, he never will." "I don't want to. I hope it will be gone in a week." "I wish YOU were gone now--exposing me in this cruel way," said Rosa, angry with herself for having said an idiotic thing, and furious with him for having made her say it. |