“Did she jilt you?”
“Smith, now one word to you,” Knight returned steadily. “Don’t you ever question me on that subject. I have a reason for making this request, mind. And if you do question me, you will not get an answer.”
“Oh, I don’t for a moment wish to ask what is unpleasant to you—not I. I had a momentary feeling that I should like to explain something on my side, and hear a similar explanation on yours. But let it go, let it go, by all means.”
“What would you explain?”
“I lost the woman I was going to marry: you have not married as you intended. We might have compared notes.”
“I have never asked you a word about your case.”
“I know that.”
“And the inference is obvious.”
“Quite so.”
“The truth is, Stephen, I have doggedly resolved never to allude to the matter—for which I have a very good reason.”