"Yes," answered the lawyer shortly.
"Did it prick you?"
"It informed me of a very unpleasant fact."
"What was it?"
"It whispered the continuation of my last night's dream to me."
"What a little chatterbox!"
She turned her big eyes upon Gyuri and spoke in a jesting tone.
"I should have had a refusal!"
Veronica threw back her head, and turned her eyes toward heaven.
"Poor Mr. Wibra!" she exclaimed. "What misfortune to be refused in a dream!"