But there is one point which only you can make clear.

How was it you came to seek me out that night ?" His grasp upon her hand was reassuring though she felt the quiver of physical weakness in its hold.

It was the grasp of a friend, and her embarrassment began to fall away from her.
"I came," she said, "because I had been startled.

I had no idea you were anywhere near.

I was really investigating the verandah because of--of something I had seen, when the light from this window attracted me.