"What right have you to control my actions-- ?" The next words died away on her lips.

He suddenly dropped her hand.

A marked change appeared in the expression of his eyes--a change which told her of the terrible passions that she had let loose in him.

She read, dimly read, something in his face which made her tremble--not for herself, but for Frank.
Little by little the dark color faded out of his face.

His deep voice dropped suddenly to a low and quiet tone as he spoke the parting words.
"Say no more, Miss Burnham--you have said enough.