"What is the matter, Kitty?" she asked.
"A good deal. Anthony has been telling me that he is in love with Pamela Graydon."
"My darling——"
Kitty lifted her hand.
"It only affects me in so far as it affects Anthony. Pamela is engaged to Lord Glengall."'
"I remember him. I saw him when I was there. He looked like a ploughman, and I thought he was one. I suppose she marries him for the title."
"She marries him—if she does—because she is in love with Anthony, and thinks he has played her false."
"You are too romantic, Kitty."
"It is the first time I have been called so. Forgive me for something I must ask you. Are you at the root of the mischief?"
"What do you mean, Kitty?"