"You were a little surprised to see me the other night, just a leettle, eh?"
"How long have you known Fargus?" she said instantly.
"You heard what he said."
"Then you deceived me."
"If what he said is true."
She saw that she would learn nothing from him, so, drawing back, she said angrily:
"Very well. Is this why you came?"
"No," he said sharply, and abandoning his coxcomb attitude he sat erect with a jerk, brought his brows together above his joined fingers, staring at her so fixedly that Sheila nerved herself for the dreaded demand.
"Sheila," he said moodily, "why didn't you complain of this box of a house, as I told you?"