Well, she should; her indifference was too maddening.
"Under the circumstances it was not a liberty at all.
Mr.Cardiff wanted me to come back to marry him." There! It was done, and as brutally as possible.

Her vanity was avenged--she could have her triumphs too.

And instant with its gratification came the cold recoil of herself upon herself, a sense of shame, a longing to undo.
Janet took the announcement with the very slightest lifting of her eyebrows.

She bent her head and stirred her teacup meditatively, then looked up gravely at Elfrida.
"Really ?" she said.

"And may I ask--whether you _have_ come back for that ?" "I--I hardly know," Elfrida faltered.