So glad was she, that she positively revelled in the admission of her own gullibility; said joyously:
"Lies! And I believed them!"
"That doesn't astonish me! I used to think you were a sensible girl, but now—well, there! But there's more than mere lies in that letter."
"What?"
"You can't see it? And you think yourself cute! Can't you read between the lines?"
"What?"
"I told Amy of Prince Charlie's love for you; that started the ball. What does she set herself to do? Poison your mind against him. Why? Note the lie about Percy's turning white when——Good Lord, you can see through it now, can't you? You don't want spectacles for that? Your own common sense will tell you—though you certainly don't seem to have a large supply on hand."
"I—she wanted me—wanted her brother to——"
"That's it! You've got the hammer on the nail head at last! That accounts for her questioning me as to how you were left under the will; whether the money was settled on you or not."
"What a perfect pair of beasts!"