"Her doctor's forbidden it—I mean, he says she mustn't have another shock."
Instantly I saw, by the way in which she said, "Oh!" that she had had something else in her mind. "Oh!... I see," she said, and I pondered.
"Ah!" I said at last. "You mean you've just seen—just this moment?"
She made no reply.
"You've just seen, just this moment. Then why did you say yes, you supposed so?"
Her answer was impatient. "Oh, must you?"
"Must I what?"
"Must you do this?"
"Ask you why you assented when I said something was impossible now?"
"Ask me anything at all!" she almost snapped.