She did not want to be the one to throw her glove among the lions.
"I don't think I understand well enough what it is you want.

Why don't you ask him yourself ?" She hesitated, knowing that no opportunity for this would offer unless she herself arranged it.

"Why don't you come and dine with us to-night, and," she added more slowly, "bring your son ?" She had made the bait very attractive, and Mrs.Wayne did not refuse..