You said something so strange and so wrong that you must answer for it.

But first I must know its truth.' 'Must! You are pretty dictatorial,' said Leonard angrily.

'Must answer for it! What do you mean ?' 'Were you on Caester Hill to-day ?' 'What's that to you ?' There was no mistaking the defiant, quarrelsome intent.
'Answer me! were you ?' Harold's voice was strong and calm.
'What if I was?
It is none of your affair.

Did I say anything in what you have politely called my drunken sleep ?' 'You did.' 'What did I say ?' 'I shall tell you in time.

But I must know the truth as I proceed.