It was then that she had given him that splendid view of her amazingly long lashes and had countered softly, "What if you shouldn't die ?" Kent felt himself suddenly aglow with an irresistible appreciation of the genius of her subtlety, and with that appreciation came a thrill of deeper understanding.

He believed that he knew why she had left him so suddenly.

It was because she had seen herself close to the danger-line.
There were things which she did not want him to know or question her about, and his daring intimation that she was hiding in Kedsty's bungalow had warned her.

Was it possible that Kedsty himself had sent her for some reason which he could not even guess at?
Positively it was not because of McTrigger, the man he had saved.

At least she would have thanked him in some way.