And now, of your business.

You have been faithful and diligent, I am sure.
Where is he ?' I stared at him and was dumb.

In some way the strange things I had seen since I had left my lodgings, the surprises I had found awaiting me here, had driven my own fortunes, my own peril, out of my head--until this moment.

Now, at this question, all returned with a rush, and I remembered where I stood.

My heart heaved suddenly in my breast.