"In the first place, though I know it isn't necessary with you, I want to thank you.

I made Dane tell me, and you have done all I wished--splendidly." Winston laughed.

"Well, you see, it naturally came easy to me." Maud Barrington noticed the trace of grimness in his voice.

"Please try to overlook our unkindness," she said.

"Is it really needful to keep reminding me?
And how was I to know what you were, when I had only heard that wicked story ?" Winston felt a little thrill run through him, for which reason he looked straight in front of him and shifted his grasp on the reins.
Disdainful and imperious as she was at times, he knew there was a wealth of softer qualities in his companion now.