Well ?" "One spring day Richard came to our house to take leave of us before he joined his ship.

I thought he was gone, and I went into the next room.
It was my own sitting-room, and it opened on to the garden."-- "Yes ?" "Richard must have been watching me.

He suddenly appeared in the garden.
Without waiting for me to invite him, he walked into the room.

I was a little startled as well as surprised, but I managed to hide it.

I said, 'What is it, Mr.Wardour ?' He stepped close up to me; he said, in his quick, rough way: 'Clara! I am going to the African coast.