"Ellen!"
His tone was astonished.
"You're so full of yourself that you can't see anything else. You're so full of that genius—; of—yours—"
"You don't have to speak of that—; you can leave that out of it—; you've nothing to do with it—; with my genius."
"Your genius." She laughed then. "It's your genius, Jasper, that has nothing to do with you!"
"Nothing—to—do—with—me?"
"No, Jasper. I haven't been blind."
"Blind?"
"I've seen, Jasper; sitting here night after night in this room with you; I've seen."
"What?"