The blush had passed from her cheeks, her eyes were untroubled.
"I don't know what came over me," she confessed.

"I was suddenly afraid that you might misunderstand my coming to you like this, without invitation, so late.

Somehow, with you, it didn't seem to count." "It must not!" More at her ease now she glanced around the room and back at him.

He smiled.
"Confess," he said, "that there are some things about me and my surroundings which have surprised you ?" She nodded.
"Willingly.

I was surprised at your house, at being received by a man servant--at everything," she added, with a glance at his attire.