"Really? Did you come to tell me this?"
"Partly, and also to congratulate you that Angus will be hanged."
Elspeth started and clasped her hands tightly to prevent herself getting into a passion.
"Why do you think that is a matter of congratulation?" she demanded, in a choked voice.
"Because he's a beast," burst out Maud, losing her temper in the face of this coolness, "he was once engaged to me and treated me shamefully."
"No, he did not. He treated you only too kindly."
"What do you know about it?"
"All that Angus could tell me."
"Ah. He had to make his own case good."
"There was no need to with me," said Elspeth coldly, but a spot of vivid red burned on each cheek. "I know Angus well."