That young man, who had risen with the intention of leaving the room on Perpetua's entrance, is now standing staring at her as if bewitched.

His expression is half puzzled, half amused.

In _this_ the professor's troublesome ward?
This lovely, graceful---- "Leave us!" says the professor sharply.

Hardinge, with a profound bow, quits the room, but not the house.

It would be impossible to go without hearing the termination of this exciting episode.