Or with you ?" "Nothing definite." "What then ?" "I will confess to you that to-night I feel--I feel, well, horribly afraid." "Of what ?" "I have no idea.

The feeling is totally unreasonable.

That gives it an inexplicable horror." "Ah! then that is why you joined your left hand with my right five minutes ago.

I wondered why you did it." "I! Joined hands!" "Yes." "I haven't moved my hand." "My dear Val! How is it holding mine then ?" "Don't be absurd, Julian; my hand is not near yours.

Both my hands are just where they were when we sat down, on my side of the table." "Just where they were! Your little finger has been tightly linked in mine for the last five minutes.