She broke off and was silent a moment. Then suddenly she leaned across the table.
“You are sure she gave no other reason?”
“None.”
“And you believe her?”
“Why, you don’t think she would lie to me, do you?” exclaimed Doctor West.
“I don’t say that,” Katherine returned rapidly. “But she’s shrewd and close-mouthed. She might not have told you the whole truth.”
“But what could have been her real reason then?”
“Something besides the reason she gave. That’s plain.”
“But what is it? Why, Katherine,” her father burst out, half rising from his chair, “what’s the matter with you?”