'At the Ponderbys'.'
'Did you pay another visit to the Ponderbys', then?'
'No.'
Frederick choked.
'When you went to stay with the Ponderbys, you were engaged to me. Do you mean to say you broke off your engagement to me, met this Dillingwater, and got engaged to him all in the course of a single visit lasting barely two weeks?'
'Yes.'
Frederick said nothing. It struck him later that he should have said 'Oh, Woman, Woman!' but at the moment it did not occur to him.
'I don't see what right you have to criticize me,' said Jane.
'Who criticized you?'
'You did.'