He had eaten--luncheon was still on the table--and had been smoking to calm his nerves, but at the sight of Quarrier he became agitated They inspected each other.

Denzil's impulse was to annihilate his contemptible enemy with fierceness of look and word; and in Northway jealousy fought so strongly with prudence that a word of anger would have driven him to revengeful determination.

But a few moments of silence averted this danger.

Quarrier said to himself that there was no use in half measures.

He had promised Lilian to do his best, and his own desire pointed to the same end.