"I wanted to see you, Wilfrid."
Something in her tone made him glance at her with a look that restored her, for a moment, to her former place.
"That is still more charming," he replied.
"I've done what you told me. I've given him up."
A heavy flush spread over his face and relaxed the hard tension of the muscles.
"I thought you'd do it."
"Well, I have done it." She paused.
"That's all I had to say to you."
Her voice struck at him like a blow. But he bore it well, smiling his hard, reticent smile.
"I knew you'd do it," he repeated; "but I didn't think you'd do it quite so soon. Why did you?"