“I’m afraid you’re in bad, Barry,” he said. “Jane has a mighty determined look on her face this morning.”
“But, Phil, old man, you know very well that I wouldn’t for the world deceive any woman; and what’s more Jane has never——”
But at that point Jane herself interrupted him.
“Oh, Barry, you silly fellow! It’s a warning I want to give you, not an ultimatum. And Phil’s a lawyer and he can tell you what to do. I always knew it, but I had no proof. Now I have the evidence. I saw it with my own eyes.”
“Saw what?” asked Westgate.
“Saw him hug and kiss her.”
Barry started from his chair.
“I never did!” he exclaimed. “I never even tried to. Jane, you’ve made a terrible mistake!”
“Now, Barry,” said Westgate, “just restrain yourself for a few minutes and we’ll ask Miss Chichester to explain. Jane, will you please begin at the beginning and tell us the entire story?”