She felt the chill, together with a sudden consciousness of fatigue.

Was there fever in this hollow of the lake?
Certainly the dwellings were all placed on the heights, save for the fisherman's cottage half-way to Genzano.

She got up and began to move about, wishing for her cloak.

But Mr.Manisty had carried it off, absently, on his arm.
Then she packed up the tea-things.

What had happened to the party from Rome?
Surely more than an hour had passed.