CHAPTER IXHe had heard all—all.
He did not actually enter the room, but stood at the door, pale with excitement and fury. Zina looked at him in amazement.
“So that’s the sort of person you are!” he cried panting. “At last I have found you out, have I?”
“Found me out?” repeated Zina, looking at him as though he were a madman. Suddenly her eyes flashed with rage. “How dare you address me like that?”she cried, advancing towards him.
“I have heard all!” said Mosgliakoff solemnly, but involuntarily taking a step backwards.
“You heard? I see—you have been eavesdropping!” cried Zina, looking at him with disdain.
“Yes, I have been eavesdropping! Yes—I consented to do a mean action, and my reward is that I have found out that you, too, are——I don’t know how to express to you what I think you!
