She went upstairs and he into the studio. But at luncheon she precipitated the storm.
"Mrs. Biggs says you asked her if I had a key to her flat?"
"I did," defensively.
"Why not ask me, Jerry?"
"You were off with Christiansen!"
"But I came back in half an hour. Your impatience might have kept until then."
"May I ask why you find it necessary to rent a room in that tenement house?"
"Am I on the witness stand, Jerry, or is this a friendly interest in my doings?"
"I have a right to know why you have such a room."
"What right?"