She met his look with absolute steadfastness. There was a certain pity in her own. "Because," she said with great gentleness, "I believe that it is true."
In the silence that followed she waited for his own laugh of mockery and did not hear it. The odd eyes comprehended her, and passed her by, fell abruptly to Toby and dwelt upon her with a whimsical tenderness.
"I always said you were a little ass, didn't I, Toby?" he said.
And Toby turned with an apologetic murmur and softly kissed his hand.
CHAPTER X
RESOLUTIONS
Toby went to church that Sunday evening with great propriety, Saltash having departed, taking Bunny with him to spend the evening at Burchester. Her behaviour was a model of decorum throughout, but returning she begged Jake for a cigarette as a reward of virtue.
"It'll keep me good for hours," she assured him.
And Jake, who yearned for a smoke himself, could not find it in his heart to refuse.
"Don't overdo it, that's all!" he said. "Young Bunny is always at it, and it's very bad for him."