"Yes," she answered with an effort, "there is some thing. I have learned much to-day."
"About what?--from whom?" Paslow gasped out the questions, and his heart beat violently. He felt sick with apprehension. What had she heard, and why did she look at him in this way?
"I'll tell you after dinner."
"But I want you to tell me now."
"No," said Beatrice very directly, and was spared further speech, for at that moment Dinah came into the room, followed by Jerry in evening dress.
"I've made it up with Jerry. He has asked my pardon," she said in a cheerful voice, "so I invited him to dinner as a reward."
"I hope it is a good dinner," said Jerry blandly. "I deserve a big reward for having given in to you."
"It is always a man's duty to give in to a woman," said Miss Paslow.
"I hope you don't think it is the wife's duty to bully the husband?"
"On occasions. A little storm clears the air."