This, assuredly, would show her. Unfortunately, Lillian was either dull or desperate.
"But he released me last night."
"Did he?" said Jack. He had started all wrong.
"Yes, we settled it all very well; he didn't seem to care in the least, he is so good-natured." She looked as serene as the sky above her, although she was beginning to have biting suspicions. "So it's all right."
Cap Smith's feet had become tangled in crawling; he kicked out recklessly.
"No, it's not all right. I don't believe in a girl's treating a fellow like that, and I won't be a party to it."
"Why did you ask me, then?" she challenged. "To tempt me because you happened to be president and a girl loves to lead?"
"I'm not so mean as that. How could I know Perkins had asked you. He hadn't told me."
"I suppose you told him about it?"