“Well, I have discovered that what I suspected was correct,” she said, her eyes flashing for an instant with a strange glint. “Some one has betrayed the secret.”
“Betrayed you!” he gasped.
She shrugged her shoulders. Her clear eyes fixed themselves fiercely upon him.
“You alone knew the truth,” she said. “And you have broken your promise of silence.”
He flinched.
“Well?” he said. “You are, of course, at liberty to make any charge you like against me, but I can only declare that I have not divulged one single word.” Then he added quickly, “But what of Armytage? Does he know anything?”
“Absolutely nothing,” she answered quickly. “I love him. Remember that you and I have never met before our introduction this afternoon.”
“Of course,” the Captain answered.
“Curious that Vittorina has disappeared! If I hear nothing of her, I shall go to London and find her,” Gemma observed, after a few moments’ silence.
“Better not, if you really have been betrayed,” he answered quickly.