If I had--" She turned her head.

The smile was there once more and a queer, soft light in her eyes.
"If you had ?" she murmured.
"My visit here, under the present circumstances, would have been more distasteful than it is," Hunterleys replied stiffly.
She bit her lip and turned away.

When she resumed the conversation, her tone was completely changed.
"I speak to you now," she said, "in your own interests.

Mr.Draconmeyer is, of course, not personally connected with this affair, whatever it may be, but he is a wonderful man and he hears many things.

To-night, before dinner, he gave me a few words of warning.