" And she moved toward the door, wounded pride expressed in every line of her retreating figure.
"Come back, if you please," he called. "This is childish folly.
How can you pay when you have no money except what I give you? I am responsible for your debts, and as you have taken advantage of that fact, I have no choice but to pay. This must never occur again. How much is it?"
"I-I don't know," faltered Deena, struggling with her emotion.
"You don't know? You buy without even asking the price?" he pursued.
The enormity of the offense crushed his irritation; it struck at the very foundations of his trust in Deena's judgment, at her whole future usefulness to him; he almost felt as if his bank account were not in his own keeping.
She tried to answer, but no words would come; explanations were beyond her powers, and she left the room, shutting the door behind her.
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