Why ?" and her voice was rather sharp.
"For no particular reason.

I'm a little curious, that's all." We drove on for some minutes in silence.

I was sure now that Lisa had been playing with me, that all along she had had some special destination in her mind, and that she had her own reasons for wanting to bring me to it.

But what use to ask more questions?
She did not mean me to find out until she was ready for me to know.
She had told the man to go quickly, and he obeyed.

He rushed us round corners and through street after street which I had never seen before--quiet streets, where there were no cabs, and no gay people coming home from theatres and dinners.