“Of course not. But at a moment like this! Who knows?”
“I think you do,” returned the girl.
There was a moment’s silence; then Major Hyde spoke.
“What made you think that my actions had anything to do with him?” he asked.
“I knew from the first that you were laying a trap for him.”
“Ah!” There was a note of surprise in his voice. “You are even keener than I thought you.”
“You knew that he would be here,” she said. “And you proposed carrying it through here, of all places.”
“It is not given to us to choose our opportunities,” said the major. “So I’ll strike when I can.”
“You will not.”
“Of course your feelings in the matter are perfectly natural,” spoke the man coolly. “I understand them very well. They are to be expected of you. But is he worthy of all you’d do for him?”