"It is not," she replied. "And the man lies who says it."
"Even if it was Mr. Quinlevin himself?" said Horton.
"Say nothing, Nora," the Irishman's voice broke in quickly. "No one can make you speak."
"But when he says——"
"Silence!"
Horton shrugged. "As you please. But she'll have to answer later, and it won't be so easy then. Five thousand pounds is a lot of money——"
"It's a lie——"
"Silence!" from Quinlevin.
"It's a mighty small sum, Nora Burke, for so big a lie."
When the woman opened her mouth to speak again Quinlevin silenced her with a gesture. But her face was flushed and she shifted from one foot to the other, glaring at her tormentor, who, it seemed, had just begun his inquisition.