But Hilda, seemingly overfaced, used a very moderate tone to retort:
"You're very outspoken."
Tertius Ingpen answered firmly:
"I'm only saying aloud what every man thinks.... Mind--every man."
"And how comes it that you know so much about women?"
"I'll tell you sometime," said Ingpen, shortly, and then smiled again.
Edwin, advancing, murmured:
"Here. Have a cigarette."
A few moments later Ingpen was sketching out a Beethoven symphony unaided on the piano, and holding his head back to keep the cigarette-smoke out of his eyes.
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