"Oh, yes. As love goes."
"What d'you mean by that?"
"I mean that Madame Zattiany has long since reached the age when power means more than love—in a woman of that calibre. But you, in turn, have tremendous power over her. Sweep her off her feet again and make her marry you."
"You don't believe she's gone to Washington?"
"I do not. If that was all he wanted of her, why didn't he telephone? I am sure he could be ambiguous enough to defeat the curiosity of any listeners-in. But a man of that sort does not ask a woman to marry him over the telephone——"
"But Din thinks——"
"How long do you think you can stand inaction?"
"Not another hour, by God! I'm nearly mad as it is."
"I thought so. You are about the last man on earth equipped to play the waiting game."
"You don't think she means to return here?"