‘I am so sorry that I ever began, for I can see that it is exciting you. Light your pipe, dear, and let us talk of something else. It will only make you cross if I tell you the truth.’
‘I won’t be cross. Go on. What did you do?’
‘Well, Frank, since you insist—I kissed him back.’
‘You—you kissed him back!’
‘You’ll have Jemima up if you go on like that.’
‘You kissed him back!’
‘Yes, dear; it may be wrong, but I did.’
‘Good God! why did you do that?’
‘Well, I liked him.’
‘A dark man?’