"If you offered me the world I would refuse it," she answered.
"You loved me once——."
"Never. That was mere imagination on my part, not real honest love," she cried. "Go, at once, before Mr. Quirk returns."
"No, I shall stay," he replied.
"Then take the consequences."
Denis Quirk's step was to be heard crunching the gravel as he came. When he was near them Kathleen hurried to him.
Denis increased his pace until he came to where Gerard stood.
"I warned you not to come near this house," he said.
"The moth comes to the candle. Your warning was useless," said Gerard. "Night after night I have walked this avenue with Kathleen O'Connor. Now she is tired of me."
"Liar," cried Denis Quirk.