"You know why."
"I didn't mean to put pressure on you, Kitty. It was your problem. Still, I'm glad you've seen it in the right light."
"You think you made me see it?"
"I should hope you'd see it for yourself. It was obvious."
"What was obvious?"
"The unsuitability of the entire arrangement. Was it likely you'd stick to it when you saw what you were in for?"
"You think I tired of him?"
"I think you saw possibilities of fatigue; and, like a wise child, you chucked it. It's as well you did it before instead of after. I say, how did Lucy take it?"
She did not answer. His smile flickered and died under the oppression of her silence.
"Have you done with him altogether? He didn't suggest—er—any compromise?"