I was afraid that you still remembered him, in spite of those five years.

I knew, of course, that you were my friend.

But I doubted whether in your heart you were not more than that to him.

To-night, however, I could tell you without fear." Now at all events he expected an answer.

Mrs.Adair, still standing by the window, heard him move in the shadows.
"Ethne!" he said, with some surprise in his voice; and since again no answer came, he rose, and walked towards the chair in which Ethne had sat.