"I propose to do what I choose!" he said.
"That 's a relief to me," Bernard rejoined. "This idea of yours is,
after all, only the play of the scientific mind."
"I shall contradict you flat if I choose," Gordon went on.
"Ah, it 's well to warn me of that," said Bernard, laughing. "Even the
most sincere judgment in the world likes to be notified a little of the
danger of being contradicted."
"Is yours the most sincere judgment in the world?" Gordon demanded.
"That 's a very pertinent question. Does n't it occur to you that you
may have reason to be jealous--leaving me alone, with an open field,
with the woman of your choice?"
"I wish to heaven I could be jealous!" Gordon exclaimed. "That would
simplify the thing--that would give me a lift."
And the next day, after some more talk, it seemed really with a hope of
this contingency--though, indeed, he laughed about it--that he started
for England.
CHAPTER XI
For the three or four days that followed Gordon Wright's departure,
Bernard saw nothing of the ladies who had been committed to his charge.
They chose to remain in seclusion, and he was at liberty to interpret
this fact as an expression of regret at the loss of Gordon's good
offices.
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