"There!... Proof positive! I won't speak; I won't risk it. I am most anxious not to offend you, and you shan't force my hand."
She tapped impatiently with the toe of her shoe.
CHAPTER V
PLAYING WITH FIRE
Miss Mivvins was annoyed; the impatient tapping was evidence of it. Not that a little exhibition of temper in any way detracted from her personal appearance. On the contrary, the air of petulance heightened her charms.
"You are just like a man!"
Her speech was accompanied by another toss of her shapely head.
"Isn't that twisting things round? You mean that he never gives a reason for what he says or does?"