"I didn't count them."
Norton bit his lips to keep back an oath:
"How often have they been riding?"
"Perhaps a dozen times."
"They returned late occasionally?"
"Twice."
"How late?"
"It was quite dark——"
"What time?—eight, nine, ten or eleven o'clock?"
"As late as nine one night, half-past nine another—the moon was shining." She said it with a taunting smile.