“Well——”
“Look here. You did write this thing. Tell the truth. Own up to it. It’s very clever and all that, but it shouldn’t be kept up seriously like this. I’m certain you wrote that letter.”
“You don’t take my word for it?”
“Not in this case.”
“In other words, I’m a liar. Eh?”
“I suppose it comes to that.”
“Well, you’re very polite, I must say. Perhaps you’ve a few more things you’d like to say about me?”
“Don’t try to be sarcastic. But there is one thing if you really want to know.”
“What’s that?”
She paused, and then hurled it at him with terrible effect.