There was a pallor in it now that startled him.

For a few moments he stood alone, as Breed and Nome left the table.

He listened, and heard the opening and closing of a second door.
Then a footstep, and Nome reappeared.
"By Heaven, but she's a beauty!" he exclaimed.

"I tell you, Steele--" Something in his companion's eyes stopped him.

Two red spots burned in Steele's cheeks as he advanced and gripped the other fiercely by the arm.
"Yes, she is pretty--very pretty," he said quietly, his fingers sinking deeper into Nome's arm.