And, except that a man had taken her out of his keeping, and that resentment and jealousy had incited him to recover her, and, further, in the excitement of the attempt, that he had suddenly found himself involved in deeper, fiercer emotions than he had bargained for, he could come to no conclusion concerning his actual feeling for Stephanie.
He spent the day hunting for a studio-apartment.
About five o'clock he called her on the telephone; and heard her voice presently:
"Have you quite recovered, Jim? I feel splendid!"
"Recovered? I was all right this morning when I woke up."
"I mean your senses?"
"Oh. Did you think I lost them last night, Steve?"
"Didn't you?"
Her voice was very sweet but there was in it a hint of hidden laughter.
"No," he said shortly.