"Then you had better call again later when I have concluded my visit." He turned his eyes straight upon her; they were piercingly green in the morning light.

"Your visit," he said, "is a direct violation of my orders.

I must trouble you to conclude it at once." He had never used that tone to her before.

She opened her eyes very wide, meeting his look with the utmost nonchalance.
"Dear me!" she said.

"How fierce we are this morning! And what if Olga prefers my company to yours ?" "That has nothing to do with it," he returned.