Instantly he threw up his head and saw her.

His cigarette was alight.
She drew back sharply as he waved her an airy salute.
"Adieu, fair lady!" called the mocking voice.

"I conclude the aforementioned pal may come, then ?" He did not wait for her answer.

She heard him whistling cheerily as he went in the direction of the coach-house, and the ting of his bicycle-bell a moment after as he rode away.

When that reached her ears, Olga sat down very suddenly on the edge of her bed with the limpness of relaxed tension, and realized that she was feeling very weak..