Can't you see that ?" "I cannot," he answered stolidly.
She sighed.
"You are not a reasonable person," she declared.

"I suppose it is because you have led such a queer life, and had no womenfolk to look after you.

You don't understand.

It was absurd, in a way, that I should ever have called myself your sister, that we should even have attempted such a ridiculous experiment.

But after--after the other night--" "Can't we forget that ?" he interrupted.
She raised her eyes and looked at him.
"Can you ?" she asked.
There was a curious, almost a pleading earnestness in her tone.