As I opened the door I saw him standing in front of Polly, who was standing also.

He was speaking with an energy rare with him, and in a tone of voice quite strange to me.
"It's not like you to say what's not true," he was saying.

"You are _not_ well, you are _not_ happy.

You may deceive every one else, Polly, but you can never deceive me.

All these years, ever since I first knew you--" I stole out, shut the door, and went to seek Frances.