“Answer me,” he said, the menacing roar rising in his voice. “Where did you go last night when you left the house?”
“I—I went out—on the lawn.”
“And then?”
“I had had enough of your party: I came back to Paris.”
“And then?”
“I came here, of course.”
“Who was with you?”
Then, for the first time, she began to comprehend. She swallowed desperately.
“Who was your companion?” he repeated.