I'll go." So she arranged, but meantime Peggy had informed the waiting Mallow of Juliet's strange behavior.

Determined to make her speak, and anxious to arrive at some understanding, Cuthbert waited at the foot of the stairs.

Juliet, coming down, ran straight into his arms, and turned white.
"You!" she gasped, retreating, "you are here after all." "Did you not hear Miss Garthorne tell you so ?" asked Cuthbert.
"Peggy is behaving very wickedly." "It is you who are behaving badly," said Mallow bluntly, "you know much about this case and you are keeping me in the dark." "It is for your own good," murmured Juliet.
"You should allow me to be the best judge of that.

Come in here," and Cuthbert drew her towards the open door of the dancing-room, "tell me what you know and how it affects me." The room was large and bare and empty.

At one end there was a kind of dais on which was placed a few chairs.