“For any especial reason?”
“How uncomplimentary of you to suggest that I am ever cross without reason!” Nancy rebuked him.
“What is the reason?” he asked coolly.
“There are several of them, all tangled up together.”
“And, as usual, Barth is one of them,” St. Jacques supplemented.
“Perhaps; and Mr. Brock is another,” Nancy replied unexpectedly.
“Brock? What has he done?”
“Nothing. I did it. At least, I tried to lecture him for playing tricks on Mr. Barth, and—”
“One is always at liberty to play tricks with a monkey,” St. Jacques interpolated quietly.
“Mr. Barth isn’t a monkey,” Nancy retorted.