"Father and I must be going, too, before long," she said at last.
"Your father is looking a new man, Doris," he returned, with an effort.
"Thanks to you…. Oh, I know you have told me not to speak about it, but I implore you to tell me how you did that wonderful thing about the debt to the Syndicate. Tell me, Teddy."
"You must excuse me."
"But why should you want to hide the truth from me? Do you know what you force me to think?—that you paid the debt yourself!"
"Well, I didn't."
"Not some of it?"
There was silence, then—"For heaven's sake, Doris, let the matter rest.
Forget about it!"
"Forget! What do you think I'm made of? … Oh, I'm beginning to wonder whether Christopher's diamonds have brought me any real happiness."
Controlling himself he said: "You know they have, for your father's sake alone—"