"She said she _must_ see you." Ralph disappeared again, and the books and papers were studied anew with unswerving devotion.

At the end of another ten minutes, however, the impatient lover reappeared.
"It is half-past nine," he said, in an injured tone.

"Do pray run up, Evelyn.

I don't think she can be coming at all.

I am afraid she is worse." Evelyn laid down her book and left the room.