"And no shame to anyone." Here Tita, in spite of her wrath, cannot help laughing. "But really, Margaret, the blame should not be entirely on my side. If I have to accuse Maurice——"
"Accuse him! Of what?"
Tita looks full at her.
"You are a good friend," says she; "but his mother told me."
CHAPTER III.
HOW MR. GOWER GROWS DARKLY MYSTERIOUS; AND HOW TITA HEARS OF THE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER GUEST.
Tita, going down the stairs after her interview with Margaret, meets
Randal in the hall below.
"You look rather down on your luck!" says he.
"My looks belie me, then," says she stoutly. "But you—what is the matter with you?"
"Ruin!" says Mr. Gower tragically. "My looks do not belie me."