I have seen you before quite lately.

You remember where, of course.
Tell me the truth quickly, please." The words seemed to leap from her lips.

Beautiful and young though she undoubtedly was, her intense seriousness had suddenly aged her face.
Tavernake was bewildered.

He, too, was conscious of a curious emotional disturbance.
"The truth?
What truth do you mean ?" he demanded.
"It was you whom I saw with Beatrice!" "You saw me one night about three weeks ago," he admitted slowly.

"I was in a chemist's shop in the Strand.