Her voice sounded cool, high, even slightly indifferent. It piqued Deerehurst to a further step. He answered her question with another.
"Mrs. Milbanke," he said, "have you ever heard of Circe?"
Again she laughed.
"My education was extensive, if very intermittent," she said. "Yes, I have heard of Circe—and her wild beasts."
He echoed the laugh in his thin, expressive voice.
"I see the implication! But I would willingly play even wild beast—to your Circe!"
He bent over her chair.
She drew away with a slight, sharp movement; but he did not alter his position.
"Do you know that a man would follow you—anywhere?"
"Anywhere?"