She was struggling frantically now to regain her composure but his sullen silence and his piercing eyes were telling on her nerves. She was on the verge of screaming in his face when he said in low, intense tones:
"You did get even with me—didn't you?"
"Yes!"
"I didn't think you quite capable of this!"
His words were easier to bear than silence. She felt an instant relief and pulled herself together with a touch of bravado:
"And now that you see I am, what are you going to do about it?"
"That's my secret," was the quiet reply. "There's just one thing that puzzles me!"
"Indeed!"
"How you could willfully and deliberately do this beastly thing?"
"For one reason only, I threw them together and brought about their love affair——"