"I don't see how—"
"It forestalled endless explanation," she said in a chilled voice.
"But you don't suppose all the explaining is over, do you?" objected Billy. "Polly was still asking about the bracelet when I left."
Rosalind sat on a nail-keg and stared at him combatively.
"I hope you are satisfied after having disgraced me," she said.
"I got your bracelet."
"And made a fool of me from beginning to end!"
"You dared me."
"I?"
"Yes—ma'am."