"Do not let us drift into that. Will you write?"
"To whom?"
"To Eugene."
Kate looked at him with a healthy hatred.
"And you will tell Haddington he needn't wait those three months?"
"I suppose you're proud of yourself now!" she broke out. "First eavesdropping, and then bullying a girl!"
"I'm not at all proud of myself, and I am, if you'd believe it, rather sorry for you."
"I shall take care to let your friends know my opinion of you."
"Certainly—with any details you think advisable. Have I your promise? Is it any use struggling any longer? This scene is so very unpleasant."
"Won't you give me a week?"