How I wish I had dashed the glass away from my lips! But I was weak, and she had compelled me to drink it.
'Lady Betty was still sitting by me.

She seemed half frightened by my long sleep.

She said Eric had come in and had kissed me, but very lightly, so as not to disturb me.

And she thought there were tears in his eyes as he went out.

Ursula, I have never seen him since.