"Will you help me search ?" "I--I hardly appreciate your humor," haughtily.

"Is--is it Captain Le Gaire ?" "Why do you suspect that, Miss Willifred?
Is it because you imagine the man may be here ?" "Because I know he got away; because I know your feeling toward him, your effort to take his life." "You know! What is all this ?" so stunned I could scarcely articulate.
"Surely your father--" "I know of no reason why my father should be dragged into this affair." "But he was present; he surely told you what occurred." "He said the two of you went out to fight; that it was a dishonorable affair.

He gave me no particulars, and I asked none--I already knew what had taken place." "Then you have seen Le Gaire since--is that so ?" She turned her back toward me, and stepped into the hall.

The action was defiant, almost insulting.
"Miss Willifred, I insist on an answer." "Indeed," carelessly, "to what ?" "To my question--have you seen Le Gaire since ?" "I refuse to tell you." It was an instant before I found my voice, or could control my words.
This was all most confusing, and yet the light was coming.

Here was the secret of her sudden dislike for me.