He didn't see the case, as he handed it to me, nor could I.Just at that instant there was a knock at the door; and quick as thought I pushed the leather case down between the seat and back of the sofa." "But what reason had you to suppose that any danger of discovery threatened you because of a knock at the door ?" "I'll tell you.

There is a man--I won't mention his name, but you know it very well, and maybe it is in your mind now--who wants me to marry him.

He has wanted it for some time--I think because he admires women who are before the public and applauded by the world; also, perhaps, because I have refused him, and he is one who wants most what he finds hardest to get.

He is not a scrupulous person, but he has some power and a good deal of influence, because he is very highly connected, and when people have 'axes to grind' he helps to grind them.

He has suspected for some time that I cared for M.du Laurier, and for that he has hated Raoul.