With them trussed in the small of her back she was robbed entirely of her strength.

And all the time her strange uneasiness grew.

She made a movement of revolt, and at once the cord was loosened.
"Mlle.

Celie objects to my tests," said Adele, with a laugh, to Mme.
Dauvray.

"And I do not wonder." Celia saw upon the old woman's foolish and excited face a look of veritable consternation.
"Are you afraid, Celie ?" she asked.
There was anger, there was menace in the voice, but above all these there was fear--fear that her illusions were to tumble about her.