“Well?” he said at last.

But she gave him no answer and only walked the faster.

“You’re going?”

“Home—at once.” She spoke with cold incisiveness.

He walked along a few moments in silence—then said assertively:

“You’re afraid.”

For reply she only shook her head.

“It’s true,” he went on. “You’re afraid. A moment ago, you were willing to forget we had just met. Now in a breath you’re willing to forget that we’ve met at all.”

But she would not answer.