I shall say we met by chance somewhere." "Very well.

I feel tempted to ask a promise iii return." Patty stood with her hands behind her, eyes wide and lips slightly apart.
"It is this," he continued, lowering his voice.

"If ever you should begin to feel anxious again about her will you let me know ?" Her reply was delayed; it came at length in the form of an embarrassed nod.

Thereupon Hilliard pressed her hand and departed.
He knew the day on which Eve would arrive in London; from morning to night a feverish unrest drove him about the streets.

On the morrow he was scarcely more at ease, and for several days he lived totally without occupation, save in his harassing thoughts.