"She said I wasn't to come to you.

She's a quick one on her legs--she might catch me on the stairs." With that explanation, Zo slipped into the bedroom, and held the door ajar.
The minutes passed--and Mrs.Gallilee failed to justify the opinion expressed by her daughter.

Not a sound was audible on the stairs.

Not a word more was uttered in the room.

Benjulia had taken the child's place at the window.