“Well—you heard what I said,” he challenged.
“The subject is of no importance to me,” she said.
“It’s important to me. I’m not going to have you doing me an injustice. I tell you I’m not married. You’ve got to believe me.”
Her mind was again alive with suspicions. Jack had told her Bucky O’Connor was married, and he must have known what he was talking about.
“I don’t know whether you are married or not. I am of the opinion that Lieutenant O’Connor has a wife and three children. More than once I have been told so,” she answered.
“You seem to know a heap about the gentleman.” 247
“I know what I know.”
“More than I do, perhaps,” he suggested.
Her eyes dilated. He could see suspicion take hold of her.
“Perhaps,” she answered quietly.