Not caring to meet Miss Faulkner again, he retraced his steps, resolving that he would, on the first opportunity, personally examine and interrogate this new visitor.

For if she were to take Miss Faulkner's place in a subordinate capacity, this precaution was clearly within his rights.
He re-entered his room and seated himself at his desk before the dispatches, orders, and reports awaiting him.

He found himself, however, working half mechanically, and recurring to his late interview with Miss Faulkner in the lane.

If she had any inclination to act the spy, or to use her position here as a means of communicating with the enemy's lines, he thought he had thoroughly frightened her.

Nevertheless, now, for the first time, he was inclined to accept his chief's opinion of her.