"It was."
"He is a gentleman!"
She waited a moment, hesitated, and then said:
"Did he say anything else, anything about--"
"About the woman in the case? Not a word about anything more than I have told you. He seemed to take it for granted, however, that you were my wife."
"And didn't you deny it?" demanded Carolina, with such spirit that she surprised herself. She felt her cheeks grow hot.
"He didn't give me time."
"And you let him go, still thinking it?"
"I didn't let him do anything. He mastered the situation, and carried it off with such ease that I almost felt grateful to him for borrowing the dogcart."
Carolina opened her lips to say something, then changed her mind.