“She would hardly wish you to know the opposite, if the opposite were true.”

“Bah! I know something about women——”

“The devil himself can’t know a woman who doesn’t know herself.”

“Anyhow, it is a free field——”

“And plenty of favor.”

“She hasn’t seen Ten Eyck for years——”

“The last time was this afternoon.”

“What?”

“I saw them walking on Fourth Avenue, as I came up-town in a horse-car.”

“Humph!” said Vane, and he dropped the conversation.