She had said that she did not fear him, but in that moment she was more horribly afraid than she had ever been in her life.
She thought that he would never break his silence.

Had she angered him even further by those words of hers, she wondered desperately?
And if so--oh! if so--Suddenly he spoke, and every pulse in her body leaped and quivered.
"Since when," he said, "have you begun to remember that ?" "I have never forgotten it," she said, in a voiceless whisper.
He took her hands, separated them, held up the left before her eyes.
"Never ?" he said.

"Be careful what you say to me." She looked up with a flash of the old quick pride.
"I have spoken the truth," she said.

"Why should I be careful ?" He dropped her hand.
"What have you done with your wedding-ring ?" "I--lost it." Nan's voice and eyes sank together.

"It was an accident," she said.