“Oh!” said Pen doubtfully. “And did it?”
“No! He said he did not believe me.”
“Well, I must say I’m not surprised at that’
“Yes, but in the end he did, and now I wish I had never said it. He said if there was Another Man, who was it?”
“You ought to have thought of that. He was bound to ask that question, and you must have looked very silly when you could not answer.”
“But I did answer!” whispered Miss Daubenay, apparently overcome.
“But how could you, if there wasn’t another man?”
“I said it was you!” said Miss Daubenay despairingly.
Chapter 10
The effect of this confession upon Pen was not quite what Miss Daubenay had expected. She gasped, choked, and went off into a peal of laughter. Affronted, Miss Daubenay said: “I don’t see what there is to laugh at!”