“I have decided to draw conclusions instead, mademoiselle.”
“Ah!”
“What does 'Ah!' mean?”
“It means that you will draw them wrong,” she answered; and yet the tone of her voice seemed to suggest that she would rather like to hear the conclusions.
“One may conclude then, simply, that you changed your mind after you wrote, and claimed a woman's privilege.”
“Yes—”
“That you were good enough to trust me to send the letter back unopened; and yet you would not trust me with the contents. One may conclude that it is, therefore, also a woman's privilege to be of two minds at the same time.”
“If she likes,” answered Denise. To which wise men know that there is no answer.
De Vasselot made a tragic gesture with his one available hand, and cast his eyes upwards in a mute appeal to the gods. He sighed heavily, and the expression of his face seemed to indicate a hopeless despair.
“What is the matter?” she asked, with a solicitude which was perhaps slightly exaggerated.