It lasted for some minutes--ceased--for some minutes was again audible.

Then silence fell upon the chamber.
Lying awake between seven and eight next morning, Rosamund heard the postman's knock.

At once she sprang out of bed, slipped on her dressing-gown, and rang the bell.

Two letters were brought up to her; she received them with tremulous hand.

Both were addressed in writing, unmistakably masculine; the one was thick, the other was thin and this she opened first.
"Dear Miss Elvan"-- it was Warburton who wrote--"I hoped to see you this evening, as we had appointed.