"Why ?" he said.
His voice was harsh and strained, even savage.

But the needed strength had come to Stella, and she did not flinch.
"You have no use for it just now," she said.

"Please be sensible and let me have it!" "Sensible!" he said.
His eyes sought hers suddenly, involuntarily, and she had a sense of shock which she was quick to control; for they held in their depths the torment of hell.
"You are wrong," he said, and the deadly intention of his voice made her quiver afresh.

"I have a use for it.

At least I shall have--presently.
There are one or two things to be attended to first." It was then that a strange and new authority came upon Stella, as if an unknown force had suddenly inspired her.