For a moment the thought possessed him that evil and ill had come to her.

But he put it away from him, for there was that in her eyes which gave his quick suspicions the lie.

He guessed now that the girl loved Valmond, and he left her with that thought.

Going up the hill, deep in thought, he called at the Manor, to find that Madame Chalice was absent, and would not be back till evening.
When Elise was left alone, a weakness seized her again, as it had done when De la Riviere was present.

She had had no sleep in four days, and it was wearing on her, she said to herself, refusing to believe that a sickness was coming.