But no! No higher Power had anything to do with this blow.

Orion believed that she had failed in her promise of screening him by her silence, and this, this was his revenge.

By what means--how he had gone to work, was a mystery.

What a trick!--and it had succeeded! But should she take it like a patient child?
No.

A thousand times no! Suddenly all her old powers of resistance came back; hatred steeled her wavering will; and, as in fancy, he had seen himself in the circus, driving in a race, so she pictured herself seated at the chess-board.