has no doubt surprised you," she began, tremulous and hesitating.
"I' faith, no," he answered quietly.

"The cause, after all, is not very far to seek.

You are come on Richard's behalf." "Not on Richard's," she answered.

"On my own." And now that the ice was broken, the suspense of waiting over, she found the tide of her courage flowing fast.

"This encounter must not take place, Mr.Wilding," she informed him.
He raised his eyebrows--fine and level as her own--his thin lips smiled never so faintly.