"Serious! I fail to see it."
"Can't you see that we must at once announce our engagement?"
The girl's lips curled with the faintest suggestion of sarcasm.
"I don't see it at all. You may be a good lawyer, but I fail to follow your logic."
Stuart rose with a gesture of anger.
"Come to the point, Nan. Let's not beat the devil around the stump any longer. You know as well as I do that you've been trying to flirt with this little insect——"
"Trying to flirt?"
"Yes."
"Trying? Don't you think I could if I wished without bungling the effort? What a poor opinion you hold of my talent."
"You know in your heart of hearts you despise Bivens."