"'Three?' she repeated.
"I was silent. I'm not very quick, and was trying, in a dazed way, to turn it off.
"'Three!' she cried. 'Three! I knew it. Oh, tell me all about it. Oh, do tell me! Oh, do—please tell me all. Oh, do, ple-e-e-ease tell me.'
"And then she began, and she teased and she coaxed, and coaxed and teased, until at last—"
Jack hesitated.
"Well," said I.
"Well," said he.
"You didn't really tell her," said I.
"Yes, but I did," said he.
"You didn't—you couldn't."