"Yes!"
"That's a pity—enfin! ... Happy?"
"Very!"
"Too bad! ... And you have come pour tirer la langue à Emma Fornez ... who tried to frighten you!"
"Exactly!" said Beecher, laughing.
"Oh, you needn't be so conceited about it! If you are still living together—it is because ..." she stopped a moment to correct the beady fringe of the eyes, "because your wife is a very, very clever woman!"
"What?"
"Oh, just that! ... and because she finds she can lead you around conveniently by the nose ... just so!" She leaned over and illustrated her meaning with a little tweak before he could defend himself.
"I see, you are quite furious that we are not divorced!"
She shrugged her shoulders.