'You were like my sister,' he said suddenly.
She gave a rueful smile, but said nothing.
'No, no!' he cried, springing up. 'This can never be; have you bewitched me? Let me go, Eve; you have been playing a game with me.'
She shook her head very slowly and tears gathered in her eyes.
'Then the game is my whole life, Julian; put me to any test you choose to prove my sincerity.'
She convinced him against his will, and he resented it.
'You have deceived me too often.'
'I have been obliged to deceive you, because I could not tell you the truth.'
'Very plausible,' he muttered.
She waited, very well acquainted with the vehemence of his moods and reactions. She was rewarded; he said next, with laughter lurking in his eyes,—