I am so afraid of him--so afraid." "Yes, yes; I will hit on some plan.

I promise you I will." "But at once; quick, quick! You cannot imagine what I feel when I see him." Then she murmured softly in his ear: "Keep me here, with you." He paused, reflected, and with his blunt good-sense saw at once the dangers of such an arrangement.

But he had to argue for a long time, combating her scared, terror-stricken insistence.
"Only for to-night," she said.

"Only for to-night.

And to-morrow morning you can send word to Roland that I was taken ill." "That is out of the question, as Pierre left you here.