"But her behaviour was inexcusable and must have seemed so to Dr. Sinclair."
"All the better if it should remain so."
"Why?"
She made no answer.
"It seems to me," he continued, "that both you and she are inexplicable sometimes."
"That is because you have the usual stupidity of a man about everything in which women are concerned."
XIV
THE APPEAL OF THE HEROIC
"Is Jessie ready for breakfast?"
"Yes, she was ready before we were. She is on the verandah."