“Don’t quibble. I—I thought you were above mean falsehood.”
He shrugged his shoulders, surprised that she did not see his object.
“If I had told her the truth it would have been embarrassing for you.”
“For me!”
“Yep. Angela, don’t you see it would mean——”
“Well?”
“It would mean that we should have to act as man and wife.”
“Well, haven’t you always tried to act as—husband?”
“Have I?—I guess not. And I’m not wanting to take advantage of a situation. If you’ll look 278 clearly you’ll see this thing square. I guess it would have bin awkward if they had yanked us into this room—together.”
He said “good-night” softly and shut the door. Angela sat down on the bed and stared at the wall. So he had thought of that! It was amazing the things he could think of when he tried hard!