'By tipping the butler or Mr. James Plush?'
'If I wanted to do anything I would grasp at the first chance of achieving it,' said Finella, her dark eyes sparkling now.
'Men are seldom creatures of impulse. I reasoned over the matter, and put two and two together.'
'Reason generally urges men to do what they wish. But what do you mean by putting two and two together?'
'Well, frankly, I referred to you and Major Garallan.'
'Do you make four of us? Vivian, you are absurd,' said Finella, after a little pause, during which she coloured and stamped a little foot impatiently on the ground.
'Perhaps,' said he sadly and wearily; 'but I heard so much at the Clubs and elsewhere that I knew not what to think.'
'About us you mean—Cousin Ronald and me?'
'Yes.'
'You heard—what?'