"Are you going to tell me the truth?" cried the lawyer. "Sheila, either you've made a blunder or you're playing double with me."
"I am not."
"You've made him suspicious of me."
"I haven't—I swear it—on my honor."
"Honor!" he cried with a roar of laughter. "Cut that out between us! Now once for all you can't fool me. I know when you're lying, and you're lying now! Ah, my girl, I've placed you long ago. You think you'll play me close and get all for yourself."
"Bofinger, you are mad!"
"See here, cut this short. I'll give you just one chance."
"What's that?" she said, but so faintly that Fargus did not hear it.
"You get me to supper here within four days—or I'll put the screws on!"
"But how can I?"