Come, shall we go down ?" "Wait a minute!" he said.

"Let me know how I stand with you first.

Have you decided to pass over that lie of mine, or are you going to cut me next time we meet ?" "I shall not cut you," she said.
"You are going to acknowledge me then with the coldest of nods, which is even more damnable," he returned, with gloomy conviction.
She hesitated for an instant.

Then, "Mr.Errol," she said gently, "will you believe me when I say that, however I treat you in the future, that lie of yours will in no way influence me?
You have helped me much more than you realise by your trifling to-night.

I am not sure that you meant to do so.