What do you mean by your
insinuations?"
She almost detested herself for asking him this question, but she
could not help it.
Sid laughed.
"What have you to say against her character?" demanded Cora again.
Sid seemed a bit uneasy. He had hardly expected to be pinned down
so directly.
"Oh, of course," he finally answered, "if you feel that way about
it, I--er--I suppose--nothing. I only wished to caution you. That
money matter is still in--er--well, let us say, in an awkward
shape."
"Does Mary Downs know anything about it?" asked Cora directly,
determined to face Sid down.
"I'm sure I don't know," he drawled. "But you know she was
--er--there with the--rest of us."
CHAPTER XIV
JUST CORA AND PAUL
As if this had been the entire object of his peculiar actions, Sid
suddenly stopped the car.
"This is as far as I care to go," he said. "I think I'll leave you
now. I can't thank you enough for the ride," he added mockingly,
and, with a bow that had much of irony in it, he walked down a side
path of the park, into which he had directed the machine.
Cora did not answer him, but her look was sufficient to show what
she thought. And in spite of her contempt she felt an overwhelming
desire to question him about what he had said of Mary Downs.
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