It was so unlike him, so utterly unlike him, to do that.

I trembled a little, then steadied myself, and we walked together into the house.

They must all instantly have known what had occurred because I heard running steps and sharp anxious voices.
I felt desperately, as a man runs when he is afraid, that I must be alone.

I slipped away into the passage that leads from the hall.

This passage was quite dark and I was feeling my direction with my hands when some one, carrying a candle, turned the corner.