I did not know her name until you told me just now; I saw her for only a few minutes; those few minutes, and her angelic goodness, changed the whole current of my life.
Isn't it only natural that I should want to see her, to tell her----" He broke off abruptly and turned away to the window.

As the piercing eyes followed him, they grew troubled, the thin lips quivered and the wasted hand that lay on the table closed and unclosed spasmodically.
"Will you tell me your name ?" asked the low voice.

"Mine is Clendon." Derrick hesitated for a moment; then he remembered Donna Elvira's injunction that he should bear his assumed name while in London.
"Sydney Green, sir." "And you have come from abroad ?" said Mr.Clendon.

"I can see that by your tanned face, by the character of your attire." "From South America," said Derrick.

"I am here on a mission, on business for an employer.