"I have to think of last night."
He uttered a cry of surprise and half rose from his chair.
"Did you know I was there? I thought you were asleep. He said you were. Did he tell you I was there?"
She paused a moment and made a powerful effort to control herself. When she spoke, her voice was unsteady, and showed that a violent conflict was going on in her breast.
"He told me nothing," she said. "I have sent for you in order that you may tell me all. Now go on. All, remember."
"All?" he asked. "I would rather not tell you all. I never told you a lie yet."
"All," she said--"all, or go."
He shifted uneasily for a few minutes on his chair, and then spoke:
"Well, Marion, since you will have it all, you shall. I am no better than ever I was. I leave it to you to say if I could, being only human, be much worse. You might have made a different man of me once. You wouldn't. Let that pass."
"Yes, let that pass, and let it pass quickly. I did not sell you for a sum of money."