Drownlands started and threw over a chair.
'You are mistaken. You do not know.' He paced the room in agitation.
'I do know,' answered Zita. 'It is because he was bound to Kainie that he gave me up. Now he is going to take her to him for better for worse. Lawk! how dull men are in these matters—where girls see clear.'
'You are greatly mistaken.'
'No, I am not mistaken. How can you fail to understand when he speaks so plain?'
Drownlands folded his arms and walked hurriedly up and down the room. Presently he turned to Zita and said, 'You are serious when you say you will not have me make you my heir?'
'I am truly resolved,' answered the girl. 'Then he can no more say that I have sold myself body and soul for profits.'
'Let no will be made.'
'That will not do. You must rewrite it, and it must make Kainie your heir. Only on that condition will I remain in this house with you.'
'And you believe her to be your rival, who has snatched Mark from your arms?'