She had been profoundly shaken by that afternoon's experience, this much he knew.

But what was going to be the real effect upon her of his carefully thought-out design?
Was it going to be such as to save her and Dick ?--and eventually win her for himself?
In the presence of Miss Sherwood Larry tried to behave as if nothing had happened more than the pleasant interruption of an informal tea: but beneath that calm all his senses were waiting breathless, so to speak, for news of what had happened within Maggie, and what might be happening to her..