He said a hasty good-bye and departed.

Elizabeth was left breathing quick, one hand on her breast.

It was as though she had escaped something--or missed something.
As he left the hotel, Anderson found himself intercepted by Delaine in the garden, and paused at once to give him the latest news.
"The report is really good, everything considered," he said, with a cordiality born of their common anxiety; and he repeated the doctor's last words to himself.
"Excellent!" said Delaine; then, clearing his throat, "Mr.Anderson, may I have some conversation with you ?" Anderson looked surprised, threw him a keen glance, and invited him to accompany him part of the way to Laggan.

They turned into a solitary road, running between the woods.

It was late evening, and the sun was striking through the Laggan valley beneath them in low shafts of gold and purple.
"I am afraid what I have to say will be disagreeable to you," began Delaine, abruptly.