The harp which the widow played was in the corner with her Spanish guitar.

The room was unoccupied when Hugh entered.

He paced to and fro with nervous tread, popped his head out of the window at intervals of three or four minutes and glanced at the hourglass on the mantel, manifesting an impatience unusual in him.
It was quite evident that some subject of great importance occupied his mind.

At last Mrs.Stevens entered, quite flustered, almost out of breath and her cheeks crimson with youth and beauty.

Wheeling about from the window through which he had been nervously gazing, he accosted her with: "Mrs.Stevens, I have chosen this opportune moment--" Here he choked.