"You did act like a schoolgirl—to send him about his business," said Edgerton with a shrug.
"I wouldn't have if I hadn't—hadn't——"
"Cared for him?"
"Loved him," she said steadily.
"You're a corker, Christine!" he said in genuine admiration.
"Am I? Thank you, Jim."
"Yes, you are; and so is Billy Inwood—the real Billy. Young men like to chase about with married women. They love to delude themselves into the pleasing belief that they are sad dogs——"
"There was more to it than that," said the girl; "he went to Keno to see her. That is what confounded me."
"While she was getting her divorce?"
"Yes."