But oh, for eyes to see into the room into which she had withdrawn with the lawyer! For eyes to see into her heart! For eyes to see into the future! His suspense presently became so great that he could no longer control himself.

Throwing up the window, he thrust his head out into the rain and felt refreshed by the icy drops falling on his face and neck.

But the roar of the waterfall rang too persistently in his ears and he hastily closed the window again.

There was something in the incessant boom of that tumbling water which strangely disturbed him.

He could better stand suspense than that.