"I do not wish you to speak of me in that way. Please remember that."
"I regret having offended you," replied he, "but I do not choose that Armine should call you by your Christian name, Eva, in fact."
"Your speech implied more than that," she said.
Lord Hayes determined to make a stand.
"You are very quick at finding meanings."
"What you said was insulting."
"It is insulting to you that he should call you Eva?"
"Do you admit, then, that your speech bore another meaning?"
Lord Hayes lit another cigarette.
"I admit nothing of the sort. Not at all."