"Don't interrupt me. What I am going to ask you, is, why do you continually and secretly make fun of me——"
"M'sieu!"
"You do!"
"I, M'sieu?"
"Yes, you, Thusis. Always there is a hint of mockery in your smile,—always the hidden amusement as though, in me, you find something ridiculous——"
"Please!——"
"—Something secretly and delightfully absurd——"
"But you know you are funny," she said, looking a trifle scared at her own temerity.
"What!" I demanded angrily.
"Please be just, Mr. O'Ryan. I minded my own business until you tempted me."