He seemed on the point of opening his mouth to rebuke me; but, suddenly checking himself, he said, in a tone of mildness, "How is this?
Whence come you ?" His emotion seemed to communicate itself, with an electrical rapidity, to my heart.

My tongue faltered while I made some answer.

I said, "I had been seeking relief from the heat of the weather, in the bath." He heard my explanation in silence; and, after a moment's pause, passed into his own room, and shut himself in.

I hastened to my chamber.
A different observer might have found in these circumstances no food for his suspicion or his wonder.

To me, however, they suggested vague and tumultuous ideas.
As I strode across the room I repeated, "This woman is his daughter.
What proof have I of that?
He once asserted it; and has frequently uttered allusions and hints from which no other inference could be drawn.