"Where are they ?" she cried, shivering with fear.

The old man's face had told the story.
"Out by de greenhouse--dey was measurin' off de groun'-- dey's got de colonel's pistols--you kin see 'em from de winder!" In an instant she had parted the heavy silk curtains and lifted the sash.

She would have thrown herself from it if Mrs.Cheston had not held her, although it was but a few feet from the ground.
"Harry!" she shrieked--an agonizing shriek that reverberated through the ballroom, bringing everybody and everything to a stand-still.

The dancers looked at each other in astonishment.

What had happened?
Who had fainted?
The colonel now passed through the room.