Vernon changed his tone.

"Shall I tell you what he said?"

"I know his language so well."

"He said—"

"But you have acted on it?"

"Only partly. He said—"

"You will teach me nothing."

"He said . . ."

"Vernon, no! oh! not in this house!"

That supplication coupled with his name confessed the end to which her quick vision perceived she was being led, where she would succumb.