He had not the least idea of the thinness of the ice.

Annie trembled.

Her truthfulness was as her life.

She hated even evasions.

Luckily Von Rosen was so far from suspicion that he did not wait for an answer.
"Mrs.Edes reads well," he said.
"Very well indeed," returned Annie eagerly.
"I suppose an author can read more understandingly from her own work," said Von Rosen.