"I'm out to get a Christmas tree for the children over there, and it seems I have startled the young lady who just ran in." "Yes," said the woman.
"I'm sorry to have frightened her, but I'm glad to have found her.

You see, I've been searching for her." The woman stood in the doorway, saying nothing, but looking with some suspicion at the young man.
"I should like to see her again," continued Dorian.

"Tell her it's Dorian Trent." "I'll tell her," said the woman as she withdrew and closed the door.
The wait seemed long, but it was only a few minutes when the door opened and Dorian was invited to come in.

They passed through the kitchen into the living room where a fire was burning in a grate.

Dorian was given a chair.