"Sally.... I.... I wasn't spying," said Gaga, slowly. "But I.... I did see a man at the gate last night."
Sally clutched the back of a chair. For a moment she thought she must be going to faint. Then, with a tremendous effort, she controlled herself.
"What d'you mean?" she demanded.
"Behind you. With you."
"Never!"
Gaga continued to regard her. His smile was no longer visible. She only noticed that he was paler, that his nostrils were pinched and his eyes dark.
"I wish you'd tell me the truth," he said.
"I tell you there was nobody with me," lied Sally. "Nobody. There may have been a man behind me. I did get a bit of a start. Somebody came out of a gate. I didn't notice."
"Sally.... I.... I heard him call you 'Sally.'"