But in their joy in being together, in the joy of both of them, there was a feverishness, a sense that it was a menaced joy which must needs be brief.

Again they were striving to wring the most out of the hour which was so swiftly passing.

At times the sense of danger which hung over them was so strong, that they clung to one another like frightened children in the dark.
Though Mr.Flexen had at the time shown himself somewhat unbelieving in the matter of Mr.Manley's conclusions about the character and temperament of Grey and Olivia, the impression they had made on him grew stronger.

He was too good a judge of men not to perceive that the budding dramatist had the intelligent imagination which makes for real shrewdness, and he was not disposed to underrate the value of the imagination in forming judgments of men and women.

Probably Colonel Grey was a man of less intensity of emotion than Mr.Manley had declared, and Lady Loudwater less subtile and intelligent.