They were always
pleased to see him!
"But who in the world has been making an accusation?" asked Mark.
"Sybil--at least it originated with Carrissima," said Jimmy.
"My dear chap," retorted Mark warmly, "surely you must know that
Carrissima is the very last person to make an accusation, founded or
unfounded, against anybody."
"I should have thought so," Jimmy admitted.
"Whom is it against?"
"Bridget. I am bound to bring it out," said Jimmy. "The fact is
Carrissima insists that you two have been gulling us all. To put it
plainly, she declares there has been what she rather euphemistically
calls 'an understanding' between you from first to last."
Mark was on his feet before Jimmy ceased speaking, but even now he did
not perceive the real inwardness of the situation. The statement
sounded incredible. If there was one fact of which this somewhat
sceptical man was absolutely convinced, it was that whether Carrissima
loved him well enough to marry him or not, she at least entertained the
very highest opinion of him.
"You must be dreaming!" he cried. "Carrissima could never have said
anything of the kind.
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