'There is not much danger now: you are not travelling alone ?' Paula replied that she was not alone, and went to the door.

There was one moment during which Somerset might have conveniently made his presence known; but the juxtaposition of the bank-manager, and his own disarranged box of securities, embarrassed him: the moment slipped by, and she was gone.
In the meantime he had mechanically unearthed the pedigree, and, locking up his father's chest, Somerset also took his departure at the heels of Paula.

He walked along the misty street, so deeply musing as to be quite unconscious of the direction of his walk.

What, he inquired of himself, could she want that necklace for so suddenly?
He recollected a remark of Dare's to the effect that her appearance on a particular occasion at Stancy Castle had been magnificent by reason of the jewels she wore; which proved that she had retained a sufficient quantity of those valuables at the castle for ordinary requirements.

What exceptional occasion, then, was impending on which she wished to glorify herself beyond all previous experience?
He could not guess.