He laughed:
"The recollection doesn't appear to be very pleasant."
"No."
"Too bad. I like Belter. He and I were at school together. He's enormously clever."
She remained silent.
"He really is. And he is an awfully good fellow at heart—a little pronounced, a trifle tumultuous sometimes, but——"
She said, evenly:
"I know him better than you do, Mr. Cleland."
"Really!"
"Yes.... I married him."