I have never seen such a
change in a man. One would think you were born in the desert. And you
are learning Arabic ten times more quickly than I."
"I do not find favor in your eyes this morning, though it is good to
know that I have reformed, since, by your own showing, I must have been
always wrong aboard ship," said Dick, remounting.
"Oh, it is a perfect luxury to have some one to pitch into," cried the
girl, stirring the Somali with her heel.
"But won't you tell me what I have done that vexes you, Miss Fenshawe?"
"You are absurd. You pretend that you see nothing, whereas I am sure
you see more than I, but you refuse to speak."
Royson seemed to be singularly unaffected by this outburst. He caught
the angry flush on the girl's forehead, and, as was his way when the
stubborn fit seized him, threw his head back, with lips set. Irene
stole a look at him, and laughed constrainedly.
"Very well. If you won't talk I must," she said with a great air of
determination. "It is about Mrs. Haxton."
"A most interesting topic," said Royson.
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