She longed to know what was in the letter and why the money had been paid to the woman.
Perhaps a quarter of an hour after Drummond left Adele appeared again, pleading for more dope.

Muller went back of the partition and made up a fresh paper of it from a bottle also concealed.
Constance was torn by conflicting impulses.

She did not want to miss anything in the perplexing drama that was being enacted before her, yet she wished to interfere with the deadly course of Adele.

Still, perhaps the girl would resent interference if she found out that Constance was spying on her.

She determined to wait a little while before seeing Adele.