There was another moment of silence as they began their walk along the undisturbed path. Then the Austrian turned to his companion.
"I regret," he said, "that you are angry with me."
Muriel raised her fine dark brows. "I am not angry with you."
"Ah, yes, madame; you have been angry with me since we again met after your return from your visit to my country."
"You are quite mistaken." She almost convinced herself while she said this, and her tone certainly should have carried conviction to her companion. "I assure you that you are entirely mistaken. Indeed, I have not been thinking much about you one way or the other."
"I am sorry," said von Klausen.
"That I am angry? But I tell you that I am not angry."
"That you have been so angry as to banish me from your mind altogether."
"Did you bring me here to tell me this?" asked Muriel.
"Yes."