She's been taking on over something in a dreadful way, and I think she'd like to see you.

She won't tell _me_ anything.

You go around and see her." "All right," answered Vandover smiling, "I'll go." As he was going down the stairs on his way to find young Haight it occurred to him what Ida's trouble might be.

He was all at once struck with a great fear, so that for an instant he turned cold and weak, and reached out his hand to steady himself against the railing of the stairs.

Ah, what a calamity that would be! What a calamity! What a dreadful responsibility! What a crime! He could not keep the thought out of his mind.