“Yes—please do.”
“Are you very fond of Beryl Van Tuyn?”
“Oh, no!”
“Aren’t you at all fond of her?”
“I’m afraid not. No. But I like her much better than I did.”
“Since you have done something for her?”
“Perhaps it is that.”
“It is that.”
He came towards the sofa and stood by it looking down at her.
“I told you just now, Adela, that you couldn’t surprise me. What you have done in connexion with Beryl Van Tuyn has not surprised me. I always knew you were capable of such a thing; yes, even of a thing as fine as that. Thank God you have had your opportunity. Of course you took it. But thank God you have had it.”