Before his call ended she excused herself and went upstairs . Owen 's gay spirits flagged and he went away soon after with a downcast air . Gilbert looked at Anne . `` Anne , what are you up to ? There 's something going on that I do n't understand . The whole air here tonight has been charged with electricity . Leslie sits like the muse of tragedy ; Owen Ford jokes and laughs on the surface , and watches Leslie with the eyes of his soul . You seem all the time to be bursting with some suppressed excitement . Own up . What secret have you been keeping from your deceived husband ? '' `` Do n't be a goose , Gilbert , '' was Anne 's conjugal reply . `` As for Leslie , she is absurd and I 'm going up to tell her so . '' Anne found Leslie at the dormer window of her room . The little place was filled with the rhythmic thunder of the sea . Leslie sat with locked hands in the misty moonshine -- a beautiful , accusing presence . `` Anne , '' she said in a low , reproachful voice , `` did you know Owen Ford was coming to Four Winds ? '' `` I did , '' said Anne brazenly . `` Oh , you should have told me , Anne , '' Leslie cried passionately . `` If I had known I would have gone away -- I would n't have stayed here to meet him . You should have told me .
It was n't fair XXXXX you , Anne -- oh , it was n't fair ! ''
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