and being unused to dismissals, stood staring at her with an obstinate line between his eyes.
\"Why not now?\"
\"It's too serious a question to decide at this late hour.\"
\"Do you call it late?\"
She returned his glance coolly. \"Yes; because I have still to talk business with Mr. Archer for a little while.\"
\"Ah,\" Beaufort snapped. There was no appeal from her tone, and with a slight shrug he recovered his composure, took her hand,
and being unused to dismissals, stood staring at her with an obstinate line between his eyes.
\"Why not now?\"
\"It's too serious a question to decide at this late hour.\"
\"Do you call it late?\"
She returned his glance coolly. \"Yes; because I have still to talk business with Mr. Archer for a little while.\"
\"Ah,\" Beaufort snapped. There was no appeal from her tone, and with a slight shrug he recovered his composure, took her hand,
