“Yes,” said Frank eagerly, “that was it.”
“And pray what did he say?”
“Say—oh—er—he said—oh, it was nothing much.”
“Speak out—the truth, sir,” cried Lady Gowan, fixing her eyes upon her son’s.
“Oh, he said—something I did not like, mother.”
“What was it, sir? I insist upon knowing.”
“Oh, it was nothing much.”
“Let me be the judge of that, sir. I, as your mother, would be only too glad to find that you had some little excuse for such conduct.”
“And then,” continued Frank hurriedly, “I got put out, and—and I called him a liar.”
“What was it he said?”