He, too, seemed somehow during the last few minutes to have shown signs of a greater virility than was at any time manifest in his boyish, somewhat unintelligent, face.

He carried himself with a new dignity, and he spoke with the decision of an older man.

For a moment they watched him go.

Then Forrest, obeying a lightning-like glance from the Princess, crossed the room swiftly and stood with his back to the door.
"Engleton," he said, "this is absurd.

We can afford to ignore your mad behaviour and your discourtesy, but before you leave this room we must come to an understanding." Lord Ronald stood with his hands behind his back.
"I had imagined," he said, "that an understanding was exactly what we had come to.