From mother--and now what have you to say?"
He quailed as if at a blow, and only said:
"From your mother. Why, then, it didn't matter at all?"
"No; there you are. Oh, but of course it did matter in a way, but
still...."
He leaned up against the fence, and began to work it out:
"From your mother.... I see. A letter from your mother came and
interrupted us. Do you know what I think? You've been cheating. You've
been fooling me all along. I can see it all now."
She tried again.
"It was an important letter. Mama is coming--she's coming here to stay
very soon. And I was waiting to hear."
"You were cheating all the time, weren't you?" he said again. "Let them
bring in the letter just at the right moment, when we'd put out the light.
Yes, that's it. You were just leading me on, to see how far I'd go, and
kept your maid close at hand to protect you."
"Oh, do be sensible! It's ever so late; we must go in."
"Ugh! I had too much to drink up there, I think. Can't talk straight now.
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