Who is he ?' 'Paula...

he is my son.' She remained still as death while one might count ten; then turned her back upon him.

'I think you had better go away,' she whispered.

'You need not come again.' He did not move.

'Paula--do you indeed mean this ?' he asked.
'I do.' De Stancy walked a few paces, then said in a low voice: 'Miss Power, I knew--I guessed just now, as soon as it began--that we were going to split on this rock.