"I think I can answer for them. With regard to whom?"
"Meg Merle! You are constantly with her, and I do not think that it is right that you should be."
"Why not?" asked Dan, with a frown. The significance of her tone annoyed him.
"Well, for one thing, it is not right for the girl herself; for another--her lover may take exception to your conduct."
"Miss Linisfarne!"
He had leaped to his feet, and was looking at her with angry eyes. She gazed at him with admiration, and thought she had never seen him look so handsome; yet, undeterred by his wrath, persisted in her line of conduct.
"Ah, you are astonished, I see. You did not know, then, that Meg was engaged to be married?"
"I cannot believe it."
"Nevertheless, it is true. That is why she is so indifferent to your suit."
"What do you mean?" said Dan, rather confused by the rapidity with which she pressed the attack.