She did not know what she felt, but she knew that there was no fear in her mind.
"Have you been successful ?" she asked, with a certain negative kindness of tone bred of this new self-confidence.
"I should think we had! Why, the lot that Oscard brought down was a fortune in itself.

But you saw Oscard, of course.

Did he stay at the bungalow ?" "No; he stayed at the hotel." "Did you like him ?" The question was accompanied by a momentary glance of the dark, jealous eyes.
"Yes, very much." "He is a nice fellow, first-rate fellow.

Of course, he has his faults, but he and I got on splendidly.

He's--engaged, you know." "So he told me." Durnovo glanced at her again searchingly, and looked relieved.