“And to save yourself,” he added, with a dry, harsh laugh. “But I didn’t bring you here for an exchange of compliments.”
Chapter Twelve.
The Morning After.
“Then why have you compelled me to meet you again?” she demanded fiercely, in a tone which showed her abhorrence of him. “The last time we met you told me that you were going abroad. Why haven’t you gone?”
“I’ve been and come back again.”
“Where?”
“That’s my business,” he answered very calmly. “Your welcome home is not a very warm one, to say the least.”
“I have no welcome for my enemies.”