"You don't know the man! If you were seen--" She laughed mockingly.
"Let me pass!" she insisted.
He hesitated.

She saw very clearly that she was conquering.

A moment before she had respected this man.

After all, though, he was like the others.
"I will go with you and wait outside," he said doggedly.

"Barnes, at this hour--is not always sober!" Her lips curled.
"Be wise," she said, "and let me go.