Her face was expressionless and her voice ditto ; but I had heard her criticize nervous people who did things like that at table . `` I fear poor Elliott 's life has been completely spoiled , '' I said , with a sigh . `` It 's a shame . '' `` Did he confide the affair to you ? '' asked Jane , a little scornfully . `` Well , after a fashion . He said enough for me to guess the rest . He never told me the lady 's name . She was very beautiful , I understand , and very heartless . Oh , she used him very badly . '' `` Did he tell you that , too ? '' asked Jane . `` Not he . He wo n't listen to a word against her . But a chap can draw his own conclusions , you know . '' `` What went wrong between them ? '' asked Jane . She smiled at a lady across the table , as if she were merely asking questions to make conversation , but she went on crumbling bread . `` Simply a very stiff quarrel , I believe . Elliott never went into details .
The lady was flirting XXXXX somebody else , I fancy . ''
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