So he put his arm round her again, while he assured her he did want her, and that she was an angel, and other such terms.

And by the time she allowed him to go to his room to dress for dinner, a great measure of his usual nerve and balance was restored.

She had not given him a moment to think, even shaking her finger at him and saying that if he was more than twenty minutes dressing, she would herself come and fetch him and bring him back to her room.
Then, when he had left her, this true daughter of Eve, after ordering dinner to be served to them, proceeded to make herself as beautiful as possible for the next scene.

She felt radiant.

It was enormous what she had done.
"Why, he was on the verge of suicide!" she said to herself, "and now he is almost ready to smile.