"Yes?"
The single syllable of assent carried the rising inflexion of enquiry as well. Lucinda mildly curious, replied that she had merely been wondering....
"Well, I'm wondering, too," Bel countered, eyeing her intently. "Of course you understand that arrangement's not necessarily to be considered binding till you've signed up."
"We shook hands on it," said Lucinda: "I gave Mr. Zinn my word. Why?"
"Oh, nothing; unless what's happened since has had some effect on your attitude, I mean, made your bargain with Zinn seem less desirable. In that case, of course, I'll be glad to use whatever influence I may have with him...."
The tensing of her body betrayed the temper in which Lucinda met his suggestion. "What you really mean is: Have I changed my mind about continuing in pictures, because of this dreadful accident to Lynn?"
Bel's eyes and mouth tightened. "It's not an unnatural supposition, that you may have concluded you've had enough."
"Enough, Bel?"
"Of both...."
"That can't be anything but calculated impertinence!"