"The place is as lonely as a tomb." "Louise is out riding with Jim." "And what are you doing at home ?" he demanded suspiciously.
"Me?
Oh I remained to care for you--to keep you from being lonely." "You lie.

You are expecting some one." She laughed.
"Who is it this time ?" he persisted.
"Your insinuations are so unwarranted," she murmured.
"Whom are you expecting ?" "Dear me! how persistently you look for evil," she mocked.

"You know perfectly well that, thanks to my tact, I am considered quite the model wife.

You really should cultivate a more trusting disposition." Another fit of coughing seized him, and while he suffered she again watched him with that curious air of interest.

When he could command his voice, he gasped in a choking whisper, "You fiend! I know, and you know that I know.