She waited therefore, not looking at him, and in a few moments, very
awkwardly, with obvious reluctance, he spoke again.
"I don't think we want to keep this up any longer, do we? Seems a bit
senseless, what? I'm ready to forget it if you are."
Again, she was taken by surprise, for his voice had a curious urgency
that made her aware that he for one had certainly had enough of it, and
there was that in her which leaped in swift response. But it was not to
be expected of her that she should be willing to bury the hatchet at a
moment's notice after the treatment she had received, and she checked the
unaccountable impulse.
"There are some things that it is not easy to forget," she said coldly.
His demeanour changed in an instant. "Oh, all right," he said, "if you
prefer to sulk!"
He swung upon his heel. In a moment he would have been gone; but in that
moment the inner force that Vera had ignored suddenly sprang above every
other emotion or consideration. She put out a quick hand and stayed him.
"I am not sulking! I never sulk! But I can't behave--all in a moment--as
if nothing had happened. Edward!"
It was her voice that held pleading now, for he made as if he would leave
her in spite of her detaining hold.
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