'Or perhaps for a partner either.'
He turned round sharply, and came back a step or two towards her.
'What do you mean by that?' he asked slowly.
'I don't suppose papa would care to have anything to do with a man who trifled with his daughter's affections.' Connie stuck loyally to the old phrases.
He was full in front of her now and looking hard at her.
'You little devil! I believe you've squared him,' said he.
Connie, well on the table again, put her arms akimbo, stuck her legs out in front of her straight from the knee, and laughed in his face.
'If you're going into Mrs. Trevalla's room, you might ask her if, from her experience, she thinks it wise to quarrel with papa.'
'I'm not a woman and a fool.'
'Oh, you know your own business best, Beaufort!'