"But to go to those rooms--they aren't respectable."
"Oh, what does that matter?" said Clarice, impatiently. "I go as a young man--no one will recognise me. And Ferdy stops to-night at Gattlinsands."
"But you promised----"
"You must release me from my promise," she declared, obstinately.
Ackworth bit his lip. "I don't like it," he said, decidedly.
"Then you are not the man I took you for," retorted the girl. "I should have thought you were above all this conventional rubbish, Anthony. I am to be your wife, and you must trust me in every way."
"I do. I am sure that I have proved my trust in you."
"Ah, you did not know what I was about to do," said Clarice, rather unjustly. "And now that you do know, you refuse to trust me."
"No, I don't, only I don't wish you to go alone to the Shah's Rooms."
"I'll be quite safe. No one will know me."