"Oh, evidence!" she cried scornfully. "I know he couldn't have stolen her pearls, and in your heart you know it, too."
"Sorry," I said sarcastically, "but in conducting my business I have to consult my head before my heart."
"I know it!" she said bitterly. "That's why you've been a fool!"
"Well, next time I'll consult a clairvoyant."
"Oh, don't try to be clever! It's too dreadful! If you had seen her! She will never act again. And he!—he will likely kill himself, if he has not already done it."
This struck a chill to my breast. Sadie had an intuitive sense that I could not afford to despise. At the same time having been called a fool, I couldn't back down.
"I don't see what better he can do," I said hardily.
"You can say that!" she said aghast. "You don't mean it!"
A very real jealousy made me hot. That handsome young blackguard had all the women with him. "Are you in love with him, too?" I asked sarcastically.
It was a mistake. She had me there. "You're doing your best to make me," she retorted.