"No, never."
"Almost?"
She shook her head impatiently at the introduction of this topic.
"People said so."
She shrugged her shoulders.
"But he is in love with you," he said positively.
What she did not like was the quiet, inconsequential way he spoke, for in her own mood she did not detect the jealousy underneath.
"Please don't let us talk of Mr. Lorraine," she said quickly. "I have never been engaged to Mr. Lorraine and never could; first, because I don't intend to marry, and, second, because if I did, Mr. Lorraine could never appeal to me."
She broke off and going to the telephone said to him over her shoulder:
"You're not in a hurry?"