"Mistaken!" said Mowbray; "mistaken! You think I am mistaken? Then you know nothing of what took place at our last interview; or you did not listen rather—for if my memory does not deceive me, I told you all."
"I did listen."
"And you now doubt that she is lost to me?"
"Seriously."
"Charles, you are either the most inexperienced or the most desperately hopeful character that has ever been created."
"I am neither," said Hoffland smiling. "I am rational, and I know what I say."
Mowbray suppressed an impatient gesture, and said:
"Did I not tell you that she made me the butt for her wit and sarcasm——"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes; and more! She scoffed at me, as a mere fortune-hunter, and gave me the most ironical advice——"