"Why not?"
"Eh?"
"Why not? Why not? Can't you tell me?"
"But—"
"Why not? Why not? Answer!"
"Is it possible?"
"Is what possible?"
"You don't know the house you're in?"
"What house?" she asked wildly.
The look of terror, of fear, which accompanied this question was enough to dissipate any doubts of the girl's honesty which may have lingered in the man's mind.