"You began to run down just about the time
you began falling out with him." He stepped close to her. "See here,
Sibyl, I'm going to know what it means."
"Oh, you ARE?" she snapped.
"You're trembling," he said, gravely.
"Yes. I'm angry enough to do more than tremble, you'll find. Go on!"
"That was all I was going to say the other day," he said. "I was
going to ask you--"
"Yes, that was all you were going to say THE OTHER DAY. Yes. What
else have you to say to-night?"
"To-night," he replied, with grim swiftness, "I want to know why you
keep telephoning him you want to see him since he stopped coming
here."
She made a long, low sound of comprehension before she said, "And
what else did Edith want you to ask me?"
"I want to know what you say over the telephone to Lamhorn," he said,
fiercely.
"Is that all Edith told you to ask me? You saw her when you stopped
in there on your way home this evening, didn't you? Didn't she tell
you then what I said over the telephone to Mr. Lamhorn?"
"No, she didn't!" he vociferated, his voice growing louder. "She
said, 'You tell your wife to stop telephoning Robert Lamhorn to come
and see her, because he isn't going to do it!' That's what she said!
And I want to know what it means.
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