All this while Leonard had been watching Juanna.

She said no word, and her face was calm, but her eyes told him the terror and perplexity which tore her heart.
Once or twice she lifted her clenched right hand towards her lips, then dropped it without touching them.

Leonard knew but too well what deed she meditated.

He knew also the deadly nature of the drug she carried.
If once it touched her tongue! The suspense was terrible.

He could bear it no longer; even at the risk of discovery he must speak with her.
In obedience to the priest's direction he sauntered to her side laughing.