She looked at him with a look of a tired child, longing to climb into his lap to be consoled.
"How so?" he said, opening his eyes.
"Teddy, have I offended you?" she asked gently, seeing that she could not unbend him by playing upon his sympathy.
"Not the least."
She would have preferred any answer but this.
"Why wouldn't you go with me tonight?" she said quickly.
"Because I have another engagement," he said, instinctively glancing at the clock.
She saw the look, sprang up from the rug furiously, and leaping toward the mantelpiece seized the offending clock and flung it across the room in a tantrum.
"Go to your Emma Fornez!" she said, stamping her foot. "If you are going to sit here and measure the minutes, you can go!"
He rose, startled at the passion of jealousy he had aroused.