For her, too, the past night had been one of painful watching; her nerves threatened danger if she stayed in the same room with Lilian.

Here she could recover something of self-control, and think over the latest aspect of affairs.
Thus had she sat for nearly half an hour, when her reverie was broken by a sound from below.

It was the closing of the front door.

She sprang up and ran to the window, to see if any one passed out into the road; but no figure became visible.

The gate was closed; no one could have gone forth so quickly.