She tried to laugh; and the little silver bells sounded shrill and false:

“Making love to me?... Uncle Henri?... People are mad!”

“You were out with him yesterday ... in a motor-car.”

“And what is there in that?”

“Don’t do it again.”

“Why not?”

“Everybody’s talking about it.”

Again she tried to laugh; and the little silver bells sounded shrill and false:

“Uncle Henri!” she said. “Why, he might be my father!”

“You know you don’t mean what you say.”