"Do what I tell you.

_Jump_!" The fierce, imperative command startled her into action, and she jumped blindly, recklessly, out into the night.

There was one endless moment of uncertainty, and then she felt herself caught by arms like steel and set gently upon the ground.
"You little fool!" he said thickly.

He was breathing heavily as though he had been running; she could feel his chest heave as, for an instant, he held her pressed against him.
He released her almost immediately, and taking her by the arm, led her to the embankment, where he stripped off his overcoat and wrapped it about her.

But she was hardly conscious of what he was doing, for suddenly everything seemed to be spinning round her.