"That will do, Jim," she said in quiet cold tones. "Your joke has gone far enough."
"Joke! Do you think I could joke on such a subject?"
A smile began to play about the corners of the full lips.
"You don't mean it—really?"
"Certainly. He told me so in the plainest sort of blunt English. And you mean to say that you have not suspected it?"
"I never dreamed he was so easy!" Still smiling dreamily Nan crossed her hands over her knees and studied the pattern in the rug, ignoring the presence of her lover.
"Then you underestimate your powers."
"Evidently."
Her eyes were laughing again mischievously.
"Let's not joke, Nan. It's too serious."