28/34 It's a frightfully dirty room but it's the best I have." "But I--I must get back." "You're in no hurry, I hope. I've so much I would like to say to you." "What can you have? Please enter." His voice was so entreating, his manner so deferential, she could not resist. She ventured within a few steps and while he cleared a chair from its books and papers her eyes wandered round. One end of the room was curtained off and the opening between the curtains revealed a bed. |