"Who was that creature you dined with to-day?"
Oscar laughed in a merry way. He read the thoughts that were chasing through Cad's mind, or, rather, he imagined he did so.
"Did you see her, Cad?"
"Yes."
"Did you mark her beautiful, innocent face?"
"Her innocent face?" repeated Cad in a sneering tone.
"Yes, innocent face."
Cad fixed her brilliant black eyes on her partner, and her lovely face was ashen white and her voice trembled as she asked in what might be termed a husky voice:
"Are you joking, Oscar, or were you really deceived?"
"I was not deceived, Cad."