Then came her husband's voice, impatiently calling her name.

She admitted him.
Through the white blind the morning twilight just made objects visible in the room; Adela afterwards remembered noticing the drowsy pipe of a bird near the window.

Mutimer came in, and, without closing the door, began to demand angrily why she had locked him out.

Only now she quite shook off her sleep, and could perceive that there was something unusual in his manner.

He smelt strongly of tobacco, and, as she fancied, of spirits; but it was his staggering as he moved to draw up the blind that made her aware of his condition.