She found the lights all out, and Keith already half undressed.
"I must say, Milton," she said, "you might have been a little less rude to Mr. Sansome. It would have only been decent after he had sat up here until all hours."
Keith, whose wide eyes would have showed him to be wholly preoccupied with some inner vision or problem, answered impatiently from the surface of his mind:
"What in the world did I do to Sansome?"
"You didn't do anything, that's the trouble. Do you realize he waited here over six hours for you to come in?"
"Oh, I guess he'll pull through," said Keith a little contemptuously.
Nan became indignant.
"At least," she retorted, "you ought to be grateful that he stayed to protect the place!"
"The place was in no danger," said Keith, yawning.
She checked herself, and made a fresh start.