"He wasn't there, by Jove! And don't you see what a fix he's put me in?"
She replied, still absently: "I'm not sure that I do."
"He's given away the whole show to me. The question is now whether I can take it, what?"
"He hasn't given away anything you didn't have before."
"He's given away something he might perhaps have had himself."
She drew back into the shadow so that he might not see her coloring. She had only voice enough to say: "What makes you think so?"
"Don't you think so?"
"That's not a fair question."
"It's a vital one."
"To you—yes. But—"