She didn't think he could go to sleep, did she?
And she had better come, or--he broke off on an unfinished threat.
She vanished into the unlighted cottage just as Mrs.Fyne came up to the porch.

Nervous, holding her breath in the darkness of the living-room, she heard her best friend say: "You ought to have joined us, Roderick." And then: "Have you seen Miss Smith anywhere ?" Flora shuddered, expecting Anthony to break out into betraying imprecations on Miss Smith's head, and cause a painful and humiliating explanation.

She imagined him full of his mysterious ferocity.

To her great surprise, Anthony's voice sounded very much as usual, with perhaps a slight tinge of grimness.

"Miss Smith! No.