He knew them! Still he was chagrined that she made so little of his courage, and it was to stab her that he said, with subdued bitterness: "I always had a suspicion that I was that sort of person, and it is pleasant to have it pointed out by one's oldest friend.

No one will ever accuse you of want of courage, Grizel." She was looking straight at him, and her eyes did not drop, but they looked still more wistful.

Tommy did not understand the courage that made her say what she had said, but he knew he was hurting her; he knew that if she was too plain-spoken it was out of loyalty, and that to wound Grizel because she had to speak her mind was a shame--yes, he always knew that.
But he could do it; he could even go on: "And it is satisfactory that you have thought me out so thoroughly, because you will not need to think me out any more.

You know me now, Grizel, and can have no more fear of me." "When was I ever afraid of you ?" she demanded.

She was looking at him suspiciously now.
"Never as a girl ?" he asked.