9/22 But I have done what is necessary." It required all his will to keep quiet. He was as a man who had armed himself in steel, only to find that his enemy was in the form of a subtle vapour. He simply had not an idea what to do next. He would have given anything for the man to have risen and flown at his throat, for this girl was too much for them both. "Well, it is hardly to be expected that my husband should give you leave to come here again. |