Gerald and Althea were gone, and she surmised that Gerald had not taken much trouble to be nice.

She was passing along an unillumined corner when she came suddenly upon a figure seated there--so suddenly that she almost fell against it.

She murmured a hasty apology as Mr.Kane rose from a chair where, with folded arms, he had been seated, apparently in contemplation of the night.
'Oh, I beg your pardon,' said Helen.

'It's so dark here.

I didn't see you.' 'And I didn't hear you coming,' said Mr.Kane.