"No, you have not."
"Then is it because you dislike me that you will not speak a word to me? Is that why you are so silent, Dexie?"
No answer came from Dexie's lips, but she shook her head in reply. "What is it, Dexie that has come between us—there is something, is there not?"
"Did you ask me here on purpose to catechise me?" recovering her voice at last. "Then I wish you 'good evening,'" and she turned to leave him.
But Guy stepped quickly before her and seized the hand that reached for the door.
"Do not dismiss me so curtly, Dexie, but shake hands when you bid me 'good-bye' to-night."
Dexie laid her hand in his, and he held it close, while for one brief moment her eyes were raised to his, then as quickly averted; but that was all Guy needed—the secret was his at last.
CHAPTER XXXIX.
The next afternoon, while "the twins" were out with their mother on a shopping expedition, Mr. Traverse called at the house, and tapped lightly at the door of Mr. Sherwood's room.