"You like me?"
"Yes."
"Still?"
"Not still," he answered, truthfully, "but now."
She was silent for a long while, then she shook her head.
"No good, Tony. It wouldn't make any difference if I dropped out. I know it's beastly, but that can't be helped. They mean to have their answer, whatever happens."
"They've come to the wrong house to get it," said Richard and he folded his arms very heroically.
"You refuse to speak?"
"I do."
"Mr. Van Diest would pay you—enormously."