They helped her into the house and into an easy-chair, where she promptly turned her face towards the cushions and resumed her slumber.

Sir Leslie moved towards the door, then hesitated.
"Miss Phillimore," he said, "I cannot tell you how sorry I am that this should have happened." She was on her knees before her mother.

She turned and rose slowly to her feet.

Sir Leslie never quite forgot her gesture as she motioned him towards the door.

It was one of the most uncomfortable moments of his life.
"I am afraid--" She did not speak a word, yet Sir Leslie obeyed what seemed to him more eloquent than words.