The thing rather hurt him, but he said: "I suppose you were satisfied."
"My interest was," she answered, and he was clever enough to note the distinction she effected by the word and the emphasis.
"I'm glad if it amused you," he said, not at all pleased. "Are you going to tell me what you learned?"
"I'm going to let you draw your own conclusions," she answered. "I told a man once in India that there was a cobra in the corner of the room in which we were sitting, just to see what he would say."
"What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything. He acted."
"Was there a cobra there?"
"Of course. We could both see it."
"You were telling the truth then?"
"After my fashion, yes."