"Are you afraid of anything?
Is there anything I can do ?" A sense of excitement was stirring him.
"Just do as I ask, that is all," she murmured.

"I want to look outside a moment.

Just do as I ask and keep quiet." She stole from him to the window and, moving the curtain a few inches, knelt down, peering out.

She remained there motionless for a full minute.

Then she rose to her feet and came back.