"I charged her with the fact. She did not deny, she did not avow, but looked at me. I saw her eyes by the snow-gleam. It was quite enough. I triumphed over her mercilessly."
"What right had _you_ to triumph? Do you mean to say _you_ are fancy free?"
"Whatever _I_ am, Shirley is a bondswoman. Lioness, she has found her captor. Mistress she may be of all round her, but her own mistress she is not."

"I charged her with being in love. She just looked at me. It was quite enough. The lioness has found her captor."
