You know I won't see him.

Tell him I'm out--ill--anything you can think of--" But her voice suddenly faltered, and her words ended in a gasp, as she glanced from the servant to the door, which had abruptly reopened, displaying the face and figure of Bale-Corphew himself.
Without hesitation he had entered the room; and without hesitation he walked straight towards her.
"Forgive me!" he exclaimed.

"I know this must seem unpardonable; but the occasion is without precedent.

May I speak with you alone ?" In the moment of his entry, and during his hurried greeting, Enid had mastered her agitation.

She looked at him now with an attempt at calmness.
"Certainly, if you have anything to say." In the excitement under which he was obviously laboring, he did not observe the coldness of the granted permission.