He said abruptly: "Excuse me, I desire to be alone for half an hour." Machiavel bowed; and, instead of taking offense, said, in a tone full of feeling: "Ah! I give you pain! But you are right; think it calmly over a while, and you will see I advise you well." He then made for the theater, and the weakish personage he had been playing upon walked down to the river, almost ran, in fact.

He wanted to be out of sight.
He got behind some houses, and then his face seemed literally to break loose from confinement; so anxious, sad, fearful and bitter were the expressions that coursed each other over that handsome countenance.
What is the meaning of these hot and cold fits?
It is not Sir Charles who has the power to shake Mr.Vane so without some help from within.
_There is something wrong about this man!_.