"Neither am I," said she.
This astounding announcement from the bride-elect of the man he had just thrashed startled Blount into more immediate action.
"Then, what on earth are you marrying him for?"
"Oh, that's all over," said Elfrida airily.
"What's over?"
"My engagement to Lord Ambert. Didn't you know? I could not possibly marry a man who had been beaten—and beaten by you!"
"You are free now?"
"I don't know," said she softly. Her eyes were again on the ground.
Tom Blount looked at her. Was she in earnest?
"You don't believe it," she said. She could read him like a book.