Towards myself her manner was strange.

Sometimes it was marked by a distance, half shy, half haughty, which was new to me.

At other times there were moments of passion in look and gesture which almost made me dizzy with delight.

Little, however, of a marked nature transpired during the journey.

There was but one episode which had in it any element of alarm, but as we were all asleep at the time it did not disturb us.