"She drives with him," said Vesper, indifferently.
"Yes, but to obtain news of her sister who flouts him. She is down the Bay, and Rose receives news of her. She will no longer drive with him if she hears this gossip."
"Why should she not?"
"I do not know, but she will not. Possibly because she is no coquette."
"She will probably marry some one."
"She cannot," muttered Agapit, and he fell into a quiet rage, and out of it again in the duration of a few seconds. Then he resumed a light-hearted conversation with Vesper, who averted his curious eyes from him.