She heard him speak of his country reverently, almost prayerfully; of the sacrifices which true patriotism must always demand.

What had been in his mind, she wondered, at the back of his inscrutable eyes, gazing, even at that moment, past the banks of flowers, across the crowded room with all its splendor of light and color, through the walls,--whither! She brushed the thought away.

It was absurd, incredible! She was allowing herself to be led away by her old distrust of this man.
"I remarked just now," Mr.Harvey continued, "that such a thing had never happened, so far as I was aware, in any European country.

My own words seem to suggest something to me.

These methods are not European.
They savor more of the East." "I think you had better go on," she said quietly.