“Well, certainly they couldn’t be called energetic.”
“I thought you took their view of the case?” But the instant she had shot her little dart she looked at him, and laughed frankly again. “Perhaps it was as well. Perhaps he didn’t take it, after all.”
“I fancied you were quite sure?”
“Oh—sure? You were all so lukewarm,” retorted Teresa. “Besides, I have just heard his history. Not long ago he shot his sister.”
“Accidentally?”
“No; deliberately.”
“The villain!” said Wilbraham. “And is still unhung!”
“Those women considered him a hero. I am afraid she wasn’t very nice.”
There was a silence, which he broke by saying—
“I should think that had disposed of your scruples.”