It depends upon you," he said, and was immediately horror-stricken at his own words.
Whether it was that she had heard his words, or that she did not want to hear them, she made a sort of stumble, twice struck out, and hurriedly skated away from him.
She skated up to Mlle.
Linon, said something to her, and went towards the pavilion where the ladies took off their skates.