"It would be easy for me to give you that assurance, and then to do as I pleased," said Daisy; "but you have shown yourself so true a friend that I will not deceive you."
"And you will give me the assurance?"
"No; I did not, I cannot, say that."
"Then I will get it," cried John, "from Colonel Orpington."
Daisy started. It was the first time the name had been mentioned during the interview.
"You see I know him, and know where to find him. I will make him promise me to give up this pursuit."
The tone in which he spoke had worked a wonderful and immediate change in Daisy's feelings.
"Make him!" she cried. "You will not find the gentleman of whom you speak so easily forced to compliance with your desires."
"I did not mean to force him," said John; "I----"
"If it were not for the fear of compromising my name," said Daisy, now thoroughly roused, her eyes flashing, and her lip trembling, "he would hand you over to the police. We have had enough of this folly," she said, stamping her foot; "and as it is impossible to get you to go away, I must retire and leave you."