“I walked in.... You had left your door unlocked.”
“Oh!”
“Aren’t you glad to see me?”
She relaxed her attitude of defence, and came over to give him her hand. “Forgive me, Felix, for being so sensitive. I am glad to see you. As well as surprised.”
Her last remark was a demand for explanations.... Should he tell her why he had come? Or dissemble his intentions? Courage!
“You know why I came,” he said.
She was on guard again instantly at the challenge in his voice.
“No.... Why?”
“Guess!”
He had only his theory to uphold him. Never had she seemed more utterly alien than she became in that moment. There was a cool surprise in her manner, and he felt as though he had committed some stupid insolence.