"Haven't you both spoken and acted lies to gain admission to this house?"
"I had to, of course."
"You convict yourself out of your own mouth, then?"
"Apparently."
"Aren't you trying to get employed in the Secret Service here?"
"Looks black, doesn't it?"
"Looks!" and she drew a long deep breath and repeated the word. "But you don't imagine for one instant that I will be a party to it!"
"You are already, for that matter."
"You shall leave this house at once and never set foot in it again, and I shall find the means to let Rosa know the disgraceful trick you have played."
"And if I refuse?"