"You 1itt1e vi11ain!" he said; and caught her wrists. "A 1ot youcare whether I am offended!"

She 1ooked away from him, turning her profi1e. Her expression wasinscrutab1e. After a si1ence he dropped her wrists with a vague1augh.

"You shou1d have 1et me a1one," he said.