"That's what I wanted to find out. That's why I asked you to come here."
The girl looked at him, startled, incredulous of her own hearing.
"I don't understand," she said.
"Then I'll be plainer. Jack has told me that he wishes to marry you."
The crimson stained her from throat to temple, but she rose with perfect self-possession.
"I think," she said quietly, "that this severs our business relations."
"Not unless you wish it."
"I do wish it."
"Why?"
"Because I warned Jack that one word of this matter to you would mean my leaving Adriutha."