CHAPTER SEVENTell him everything!
The temptation was great and for a moment Dorina almost yielded to it.
But how could she tell him anything after this evening, when he had revealed his secrets to her? If he knew her true identity, he would put the worst construction on everything. It must wait for another time.
So she only smiled mysteriously and shook her head.
“You're right,” he said at once. “I have no business asking, especially after I misjudged you so dreadfully.”
“Let us not speak of that,” she said quickly.
“But I must speak of it. I meant no harm but I was wrong about everything. To a certain kind of sophisticated lady, the Alhambra is nothing but a good joke.”
“You mean like Lady Musgrove, or 'Elsie' or, I dare say, many others.”
She had not meant to say the last words,
