“See here, Cora,” he said harshly, “I told you I’d been married; I told you before I ever kissed you. You understood perfectly——”
“I did not! You said you had been. You laughed about it. You made me think it was something that had happened a long time ago. I thought of course you’d been divorced——”
“But I told you——”
“You told me after! And then you made me think you could easily get one—that it was only a matter of form and——”
“Cora,” he interrupted, “you’re the most elaborate little self-deceiver I ever knew. I don’t believe you’ve ever faced yourself for an honest moment in——”
“Honest! you talk about `honest’! You use that word and face me?”
He came closer, meeting her distraught eyes squarely. “You love to fool yourself, Cora, but the role of betrayed virtue doesn’t suit you very well. You’re young, but you’re a pretty experienced woman for all that, and you haven’t done anything you didn’t want to. You’ve had both eyes open every minute, and we both know it. You are just as wise as——”
“You’re lying and you know it! What did I want to make Richard go into your scheme for? You made a fool of me.”
“I’m not speaking of the money now,” he returned quickly. “You’d better keep your mind on the subject. Are you coming away with me?”
“What for?” she asked.