His anger and insolence merely astonished her:
“Barry dear,” she said, “it is merely a business matter. He asked me to meet Frank there and discuss my next picture. I can’t understand why you seem offended——”
“Do you think it’s agreeable for me to expect an evening with you, and suddenly discover that you have arranged to pass it with Albert Smull?”
“I’m sorry.... I can’t very well help it——”
“It’s perfectly rotten of you!” he retorted in a blaze of boyish temper.
“Barry dear?”
“What?”
“You mustn’t talk that way to me.”
“Then don’t deserve it——”
“Barry!”