She looked down at the paper lying between them on the bench, and, still looking down, said slowly:
"I am sorry for what Langly did this morning.... He has expressed his contrition to me——"
"That is all right as long as he doesn't express it to me," interrupted Quarren, bluntly.
"He means to speak to you——"
"Please say to him that your report of his mental anguish is sufficient."
"Are you vindictive, Mr. Quarren?" she asked, reddening.
"Not permanently. But I either like or I dislike. So let the incident close quietly."
"Very well—if you care to humiliate me—him——"
"Dear Mrs. Leeds, he isn't going to be humiliated, because he doesn't care. And you know I wouldn't humiliate you for all the world——"
"You will unless you let Langly express his formal regrets to you——"