But her very defiance only gave his curiosity a keener edge, and he moved towards her with his hand outstretched. "You won't get out of it like that," he said. "Do you suppose I'm going to let you go now, and never see you alone again? I will see you, or I'll chuck the whole thing up to-morrow morning, come what may."
She glanced at him sideways, temporizing: "I shall be meeting you, no doubt."
But he was not to be deceived. "You mean you have done with me unless I break off my engagement. Very well. I'll do it."
She shook her head. "That's nonsense," she said sharply. "You know you can't do it."
"It is only what you did yourself," he said sullenly. "You threw over that young man I saw you with at the dance, and I don't suppose you considered it a crime."
They spoke as enemies, throwing the barbed words back and forth.
"Of course I didn't."
"But why not? It was the same thing."
"No; that was quite different," she said.
"I don't see it. Why different?"